Finance committee  Thank you.

Finance committee  We do. We just increase the taxes to balance it.

Finance committee  Likewise, but we're about half the size of Dryden.

Finance committee  We have about 4,500 people.

Finance committee  Every nickel helps.

Finance committee  In previous programs--in the COMRIF initiative, for instance--I can tell you Red Lake has been zero for four, so that process does not work for us. So to set up another level of bureaucracy, no, I don't think that's necessary. That's just another layer of onion we're wasting mo

Finance committee  I'm not sure, because I haven't weighed our problems against those of others.

Finance committee  It hasn't worked for us.

Finance committee  Do you want to trade places? Is that the idea? I guess our feet are on the ground. The only difference between a councillor and a mayor is that when you're mayor, the potholes are bigger and deeper and the dogs bark louder. That's the kind of connection we have with our constit

Finance committee  The Province of Ontario has stepped up to the plate here. They've come in to the tune of about $50 million so far.

Finance committee  Yes, we have. We've worked with FedNor on the service delivery component. We have to run a water and sewer line, I think it's 2.8 kilometres, and we have to run hydro. That gets us to the site; it does nothing on the 300-acre site itself. It gets us to the baseline.

Finance committee  Well, if there are extra billions available, whether you're investing in an older worker or a younger worker, you're investing in Canada. It's linear. The older worker has invested in Canada all of their working life, and the younger worker will invest in Canada the rest of their

Finance committee  Yes, Mr. Boshcoff, likewise for us. We need the money now. Particularly with the Two Feathers project, three years doesn't cut it. We have a fear that the investors in place will walk away, and then we'll be back to square one. Here we are, looking at 500 direct and indirect jo

Finance committee  Thank you. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. The forestry industry has been active in the Red Lake area since the late 1920s, when gold was found in Red Lake and timber was required for the gold mining industry. Because there were no roads into there, they developed sawmill