On the heels of a flurry of promises aimed at Northern Ontario, Progressive Conservative Leader Doug Ford will be in Sudbury this evening for a rally at College Boreal.
Ford has made several promises regarding the North in recent days, including:
- Developing Northern Resources, including the Ring of Fire.
- Moving forward with resource revenue sharing from mining, forestry and aggregates to help Northern towns and Indigenous communities share in resource development
- Ensuring hunting and fishing revenues go toward their stated purpose of conservation
- Cutting the aviation fuel tax for the North to reduce the cost of living in the North and,
- Bringing back passenger rail service to the North
Sudbury.com will carry the event live beginning around 6:30 p.m.