Thursday, May 12, 2011

Growth Plan Attacked


Provincial NDP are attacking the Liberal Government's Northern Growth Plan.

Northern Development Critic Gilles Bisson believes the Liberals short changed the region with it's plan.

"You tied no money to the plan that you announced a few months ago," says Bisson. "What you’ve essentially done is developed a plan to make a plan. People in northern Ontario are quite specific: What are you going to do when it comes to the investments that are needed to build the infrastructure necessary to support the communities—both on the physical side, in terms of infrastructure, and the social infrastructure that needs to be dealt with?"

Northern Development Minister Michael Gravelle defends the plan saying there's strong investment behind it.