Irish,

Good find!

It's typical Michael G., just paying lip service, nothing really concrete for people (mining industry, investors, etc...) to anchor their prospect and hope on.

Surprising not to hear a discussion on the status of Deloitte's recommendations (has the report been submitted to the govt?). May be I did not pay too much attention, but the appointment of the 4 bureaucrats did not come from Deloitte? He should talk about timelines to achieve specific key objectives, not just generalities.

Ontario should borrow a page from Quebec. For example, the recent govt investment of $50M for a stake in Gaz Metro LNG (Quebec can export this to Europe) and over $60M investment in the infrastructure. Premier Couillard just did it only a few months after the election victory.

Just wondering why Ontario would need years to contemplate on how to do it right. It should only take a few weeks (say ~60 days) after the election to disclose some initial infrastructure funding. If I were the Premier I would start with some seed money of ~$100M (out of the $1B) to get the ball rolling. With some matching funds from various partners (Feds included) the total sum would get some decent infrastructure, starting with some roads (and RR preparation) to the RoF. Even ice roads would be fine for the first year before they would be subsequently upgraded to permanent roads.

goldhunter