March 2006 – Letter to Prime Minister Harper seeking his support for the creation of a centre for excellence in mining innovation being created at Laurentian University.

Letter of May 28, 2009 to the federal minister responsible for FedNor, Tony Clement, to
express frustration over the funding announcement for the University of Toronto’s mining
innovation research centre. Asked Clement to correct the decision and provide CEMI with
funding equivalent to what the province has provided and what has been requested for a number
of years.

Letter of August 28, 2009 to the Minister of Industry and minister responsible for FedNor to thank him for his recent visit to the community and his funding announcement of $7.7 million for CEMI, St. Joseph’s Long Term Care Facility and the airport. The letter invited the minister to get in touch with the chamber should he ever require a business perspective on the region.