The goal of making FedNor a permanent regional economic development agency for northern Ontario is a step closer.
Liberal MP Anthony Rota's private member's bill has passed second reading in the House of Commons.
"By becoming an agency then it has to report to Parliament," Says Rota. "Any changes that are made to that mandate have to made by all of Parliament and not by just one individual like FedNor is now."
Kenora MP Greg Rickford says establishing FedNor as a permanent regional economic development agency does nothing but add an unnecessary level of bureaucracy to the system.
