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Minister Duguid gets earful on UCPR goals
Le ministre du Développement économique, BradDuguid, était de passage dans la régionlemercredi 8 février. La visite avait pour but de discuter des nombreux défis auxquels les maires des Comtés unis de Prescott et Russell (CUPR) ont à faire face au sein de leur municipalité. Une des visites au programme était celle de Tuque de Broue située à Embrun. Sur la photo, on retrouve leministre Brad Duguid(àgauche), accompagnédu propriétaire de la microbrasserie Nicolas Malboeuf, du député provincial de Glengarry-Prescott et Russell Grant Crack et dumaire de laMunicipalité de Russell Pierre Leroux. —photo Vicky Charbonneau
GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca
Ontario’s minister of Economic Develop- ment had an afternoon sit-down session with all of the mayors of Prescott-Russell. BradDuguid got a quick and detailed run- down on what kind of help would ben- efit all of the municipalities in the United Counties. “These kind of face-to-facemeetings with municipal leaders help guide us (ministry) in our choices for infrastructure programs at the provincial level,” stated Duguid dur- ing the Feb. 8 session. “With flexibility built into the programs, the municipalities can choose where the (support) money should go for their priorities.” During the two-hour Wednesday meet- ing, the mayors and administration of the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR) listedmore than half a dozen regional priori- ties for economic development assistance to all the communities and business sectors. Road 17/Highway 174-expansion proposal for the traffic connection between Rockland and Orléans/ Ottawa.. Support for the recreational bike trail network in the UCPR was also brought up as support for the region’s eco-tourism sector. One of the key issues on the UCPR list was the lack of fair competition for local contractors with potential projects or clients in Québec. While Ontario allows Québec contractors to bid for jobs in this province, Ontario contractors are often prevented from bidding for contracts in Québec. UCPRmayors condemned the situation, calling it both unfair to local contractors and also a drain to Ontario’s own economy because the Québec contractors working on projects here do not pay the Ontario pro- vincial tax, and they and their workers also take the money made on the project, back to Québec where it is spent. They also noted that Ontario contractors who try tomake a go in Québec also have to deal with the province’s unions that can be more aggressive on insisting on local hiring for local jobs. Reasonable energy costs for both work and home were also on the list of issues from the UCPR. All the mayors urged provincial support of expansion of natural gas service intomore rural communities, to benefit both the agricultural sector and local small- and medium-sized businesses.The cost for elec- tricity also came up; several mayors also told Duguidmore work is needed to provide more electrical supply capacity for several large-scale agribusiness and tourismoutfits, which want to expand their operations but cannot because they have no guarantee for the hydro. Duguid received a reminder about the situationwith the County Road 17/Highway 174-expansion proposal for the traffic con- nection between Rockland and Orléans/ Ottawa. Support for the recreational bike trail network in the UCPRwas also brought up as support for the region’s eco-tourism sector. Duguid received a reminder about the situation with the County
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