Fort Frances Mayor Roy Avis is happy with the outcome of meetings held with members of the Ford cabinet last week in Ottawa.
Avis led a town council delegation to separate meetings with the Attorney General and the Ministers of Transportation and Finance.
Avis says sitting with them was Northern Development, Mines and Energy Minister and local MPP Greg Rickford.
“I’ve been going down there (to AMO) off and on for 21 years and it’s the first time we’ve had a Minister that would be sitting beside us, working for the community.”
The town reps also had a separate meeting with Rickford.
The need for connecting link funding, bus service, improved courtroom services and a better formula to determine how railway are taxed were among issues raised.
Avis says there were no commitments made but their presentations were well received by the Ministers they spoke with.