The Trout Lake Road dispute and border gun registration will be hot topics at the Northwestern Ontario Tourism Association’s annual spring meeting Friday in Nestor Falls.
“There will probably be some discussion on the Trout Lake Road issue, and the gun control, I know, is going to be a real mess,” NWOTA president Peter Williams said Thursday morning.
Ministry of Natural Resources officials and Canada Customs and Revenue Agency reps will be on hand at the meeting to update NWOTA members and field questions.
Regular business will kick off the meeting, including the election of officers, at around 9 a.m.
Several topics are scheduled for discussion, and others are expected to be brought up by some of the association’s 107 members. But Williams said outstanding issues, such as the recently-legislated border firearms registry for non-residents, will be front and centre.
“I don’t think people realize the impact it’s going to have,” said Williams. “The biggest entry for hunters into Canada is in Fort Frances and how many wickets have we got–two.
“They’re saying it could be 22 minutes per person; the line-ups could be staggering,” he added. “That, to me, is a sleeping dragon.”
Also on the agenda are radio communications, “Ontario’s Living Legacy,” advanced water technologies, resource stewardship agreements, and words from NDP leader and local MPP Howard Hampton.
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