Environmentalists and local industry advocates are at odds after a proposal submitted to Ontario Minister of Natural Resources Donna Cansfield recommending limits on logging in Algonquin Park, Ontario gained the departments' endorsement. Janice Visneskie, the Mayor of Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards, claims the proposal would "...suffocate" the $1-billion industry, while Evan Ferrari, with the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society-Wildlands League environmental group, praised the move as a step in the right direction.
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