1701, 2017
FONOM Travels to North Bay for Board of Directors’ Meeting
January 17, 2017 – Kapuskasing, ON- The Federation of Northern Ontario Municipalities (FONOM) Board of Directors’ travelled to the City of North Bay for the regular meeting of the Board which was held on January 12, 2017 at Nipissing University.
1304, 2011
FONOM Expresses Concern Over New Forest Tenure Bill
FONOM President Mayor Al Spacek addressed the Standing Committee on General Government in Toronto recently expressing the concerns of its member municipalities over Bill 151 – The Ontario Forest Tenure Modernization Act, 2011. “Some of the major concerns with respect to this legislation are with the seeming arbitrary increases in government authority which allow it the arbitrary discretion to cancel existing wood supply agreements or licenses for any reason,” commented Mayor Spacek.