fednorCanada’s Minister for FedNor says there’s a lot for people in Northern Ontario to like in the federal budget.

Greg Rockford says core funding for FedNor is the same and they’ve allocated funds for the Community 150 infrastructure program.

He says details will be unveiled in the next month but essentially  community buildings be they arenas or municipal halls can be refurbished through this program.  Meantime, Rickford says they’re also launched a technology fund which will benefit the Ring Of Fire as they hope to separate the Chromite there.

He says that’s an expensive process right now and he hopes this fund can help.

Rickford says the other mining benefit is that the mining exploration tax credit has been extended for another year.