Anthony Rota at the Indigenous and Northern Affairs Committee

October 22nd, 2009 / 12:35 p.m.

Liberal

Anthony Rota Liberal Nipissing—Timiskaming, ON

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Regarding CanNor, coming from a rural and isolated part of Canada, I realize how important regional economic development is and the help it gets.

CanNor has been developed, and I'm thrilled to see that. It has been developed as an agency, and it's strong, it's there. Perhaps you can explain to me why it wasn't introduced as a program and why it was introduced as an agency--very simple.

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