Forestry industry lauds Ontario aid plan
23rd Feb 2006, 18:16 GMT
It took several attempts, but the Ontario government has finally come up with an aid package that makes the province's beleaguered forest industry happy.Premier Dalton McGuinty said yesterday that the government will provide $220-million over the next three years to offset the industry's cost of building and maintaining forest roads and to retroactively reduce the stumpages fees for harvesting wood on Crown land.
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