Mayor Meets with Finance Minister

Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis will get a brief audience with Ontario's Finance Minister today.

Avis will join municipal leaders from across the northwest in Thunder Bay who will speak directly to Dwight Duncan on the upcoming provincial budget.

"There's three main points they're going want to discuss," says Avis. "What process should the government put in place to enable it to move out of the deficit? What steps should the government take to streamline and provide better public services to Ontarians? And what should be the core priorities of the 2010 budget?"

Avis' time with the Minister will be brief as each speaker will be given just three minute to comment.