Lobbying Required

A Fort Frances councillor is defending the need to send delegations to Toronto to lobby on the town's behalf.

The latest trip was last week where some member of council met with a couple members of McGuinty's Cabinet.

Sharon Tibbs says without such trips, the town may not have reaped past grant money.

"From looking at the amounts of grants from 2009 through to 2010, if it was not our ability to go to these meetings and send a delegation that is willing to talk to Ministries and other meetings we go to, that we would have some of the funding the province makes available," says Tibbs.

Tibbs adds that without elected officials sitting on the government's side, the town almost has to be its own advocate.