Paula (
March 3, 2015)
I say sell cottage lots, thousands of parcels of land for families to come and enjoy our brief summer. Thousands of spin-off jobs will be created by local people to support them. Arts community will thrive, we'll have more little festivals. Area First Nations, sitting on reserve land, have a huge opportunity in front of them - lease cottage lots, generate revenue, start up little marinas and stores, put your culture on display, provide needed employment and income, give hope to your youth, support the service sector ... be brave |
fed up taxpayer (
March 3, 2015)
Bias town indeed! All these committees in town consist of "business" people who are hand-picked to sit on them. Why are there only business people you ask? So that they look after their own interests, and if tourism benefits them, that's what will be pushed. It's such a pity that no matter how much the taxpayers of Kenora voice their concerns for some decent economic development, the only thing that has been created in the last 10 years are small businesses that don't survive more than a year. This fascination with tourism is turning Kenora into a ghost town! I think we've spent enough time (and money) on this project — let's try something else! |
Chris T (
March 3, 2015)
The best we can hope for is some kind of "Value Added" small businesses. We need to get away from just summer tourism. The days of the big pay checks from industry are long gone.
No industry in their right mind would set up business in Ontario. Between the government and first nations putting up roadblocks and horrendous electricity costs, it doesn't make sense. |
John (
March 2, 2015)
It seems awful funny that Sioux Lookout is looking to get a Giant Tiger yet the people of Kenora could not bring them here. Size does not seem to matter. Seems like the downtown sector will not try to get someone in here. What happen to the casino? Mayor Dave does not want it so it will not be brought up. Such a bias town we have. |
Taxpayer but not a ninny (
March 2, 2015)
I'd rather have the facts presented to me, as they are with no twists put on them. As for tourism here it only benefits those directly involved. I have not seen city taxes go down because of it. (Only up to support it). |
Gus (
March 2, 2015)
Instead of pitting industry versus small businesses, wouldn't it make more sense to pursue both? Let's not kid ourselves, attracting new industry is not that simple but truth be told we have nothing in the last 10 years in that field. Atikokan, Ignace, Thunder Bay, Nipigon, Terrace Bay and Greenstone are some examples of towns that have had success in attracting industry to their communities. If, for example, we want to create 400 jobs locally using small businesses and using the 5 to 10 ratio, we need 40 to 80 small businesses. What are the chances of that happening? The last 10 years the city has followed economic policies that have failed to provide value for the millions we are spending. The city needs to change its approach regarding the local economy and that change should be spearheaded by the mayor. The same old same old isn't working. You don't have to be a ninny but you shouldn't be a sheep either. |
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March 1, 2015)
Another online poll on a topic that yet again First Nations get dragged in. |
Taxpayer (
March 1, 2015)
I get tired of people slamming Mayor Dave for all of the ills we have here in Kenora. Sure he says there was a future in ready to move homes, sure he is optimistic about mining, sure he says there is positive outlooks for new business and sure not all of those things have come true. But honestly what the hell do you want him to say you ninnys! He can’t tell the truth that there is going to be very slow growth for the entire North for the next several generations. A pessimistic leader is not what we need. And this isn’t just a Kenora issue; this hits every small town in the North of the province. The North has had over 40,000 jobs across Northern Ontario disappear for a myriad of economic issues out of his control in just forestry alone. Imagine if he said to abandon ship and head to the city. All of our property values would plummet and generations of people would go broke. So give him some credit for trying to keep our spirits up and try to grow the town. |
Taxpayer (
March 1, 2015)
Couple of thoughts. First of all we will only ever be a resource-based economy because of our distance away from major population centers. Mining and forestry is what we have to offer and that is the best we can do for industry. Problem is mining, although high paying, is a one trick pony. Once the resource is out of the ground it is gone forever. Forestry will grow back and is renewable. Problem is the tree hungers, First Nations and the Liberal government with their electrical policies have nailed that door shut. So neither industry looks promising for us. The best we can hope is small business having 5 to 10 employees. |
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February 27, 2015)
Since when did poverty and jobs become the topic of the day? According to the powers that be, and as reported by this newspaper, everything is rosy. Tourism is the way to go they all trumpeted. Could you imagine if the Conservatives would have got in provincially last election? Another three hundred plus jobs would have been taken away from the Kenora riding (due to party's proposal to cut 100,000 public sector jobs). And as posted by others earlier you can forget about mining. It's really too bad for the youth of this town, of which I'm not one of. |
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