On Friday, September 9, your Greater Sudbury Chamber of Commerce (GSCC) joined with the Timmins Chamber, Sault Ste. Marie Chamber and the North Bay Chamber to release a joint statement on the Far North Act.
The statement highlights five specific actions the four chambers believe need to be addressed immediately.
The provincial government introduced the Far North Act (FNA) for First Reading on June 2, 2009 and it received Royal Assent on Oct. 25, 2010. Its purpose is to permanently protect at least half of Ontario’s Far North for the “sustainable development of natural resources” as well the preservation of biological diversity and ecological processes.