Employment, infrastructure and the environment are big challenges for Algoma Manitoulin Kapuskasing. That’s according to Carol Hughes, the NDP incumbent running for re-election. Hughes says people have affordability issues but adds if we can build a stronger economy, that generates a double benefit. She says good jobs shore up household budgets and that eases the affordability issue. Hughes is a strong believer in manufacturing in the north. It hasn’t happened yet, but Hughes says Pele Mountain in Elliot Lake is trying to go that route by creating a mine coupled with a manufacturing base.
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Hughes: Riding challenges
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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