THUNDER BAY -- Concerns about Ontario's climate change plan were top of mind at the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association conference Thursday.
The conference is a chance for municipal delegates from across the region to learn about the issues facing other communities.
There were discussions on indigenous engagement, provincial disaster relief, and Northern medicine.
NOMA president Dave Canfield said delegates were most interested in a presentation on the province's Climate Change Action Plan.
The plan calls for a change in wood-burning stoves through government incentives, something delegates wanted clarity on.
“It was qualified,” Canfield said. “They weren’t getting rid of wood burning things it was just better technology in wood burning appliances and stuff like that.”
“We know most people use standing drywood, which falls and the CO2 goes back in the atmosphere, so burning is probably better for the environment because in the new system there’s less CO2 that comes out of your stove.”
The NOMA conference wrapped up Thursday afternoon, but many of the delegates will remain in town for Friday's Common Voice Northwest conference.
(TBT News)
