Timmins James Bay MPP Gilles Bisson is frustrated over a logging issue. The New Democrat says it’s one thing when the north sees its mills shutdown throwing people out of work. But now we’re seeing numerous truckloads of trees headed to Quebec for processing. Bisson says with very few exceptions, wood that’s cut in Ontario needs to be processed in Ontario. Bisson is calling on the Wynne Liberals to intervene.
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Logging issue bugs New Democrat MPP
Rocco Frangione
I've been a broadcast journalist for three-plus decades in Northern Ontario. I'm a graduate of Algonquin College's radio and television arts program and prior to that, an honours grad from Carleton University's philosophy program.
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