The Ontario Public Service Employees Union says it was pleased with the response to a community forum on the local economy.
About 20 people attended yesterday's meeting at the Best Western Lakeside Inn.
James Tocker is OPSEU's vice-president for northwestern Ontario andsays he was surprised by the positive outlook from most of the peoplewho attended.
Tocker says the input they received at the meeting will be compiled into one large report, which will ultimately be presented to the provincialgovernment.