10 NORTHERN LIFE, FRIDAY, JULY 28, 2006 EDITORIAL PAGE GREATER SUDBURY’S COMMUNITY NEWSPAPER. Northern Life is Northern Life is a member of the Canadian Community published every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday by Laurentian Newspaper Association, the Ontario Community Newspaper Publishing Limited, 158 Elgin Street, Sudbury, Ontario, P3E 3N5. Association, the Suburban Newspapers of America, the Phone: (705) 673-5667 or Fax: 673-4652; Editorial/Briefs Fax: International Newspaper Marketing Association and the Sudbury MICHAEL R. ATKINS President ABBAS HOMAYED Publisher 673-4352. E-mail:
[email protected] Homebuilder’s Association. Canadian Publications Mail Sales KARSTEN JOHANSEN Associate Publisher VICKI GILHULA Editor KIM ROCHON CGA Corporate Controller Classified Department Fax: 673-3904. Product Agreement No. 086185 (ISSN) 0700-527X Government on northerners’ side ver the past year, we’ve review process is the respon- Are we failing our future? seen an unprecedented POLITICAL sibility of the federal gov- S UDBUR level of activity on the ernment, and I must respect Y WEAT HER: MIX OF MATTERS atural resources and who should own and SUN AN D CLOU D. 40 P ERCEN mining front. High their jurisdiction. T CHA GREATER SUDBU NCE OF SH control them for the long-term betterment OWERS, H RY’S COMMUNITYIGH 23 NEWSPAPER Ocommodity prices have It’s our job, however, to of all is a big topic these days, especially in N fueled the biggest boom in ensure the federal govern- ORTHER www.n the Sudbury area. orthernli 20 years. As a result, compa- ment is aware of Ontario’s fe.ca Twenty years ago those who were WEDNE N L SDAY EDITION IFE nies are seeking to secure and the provincial mineral N in the corporate world Jul y 5, 2006 75 ce nts, GST their long-term sustain- sector’s interests and con- included FALCON wined and dined the BRIDGE ability through mergers and cerns, to help guide its deci- OTHER lawmakers and cre- acquisitions.