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Jobs and Economic Growth Focus of Ont. Tourism Week The Clarington/Courticc Independent, Bowmanville, Saturday, June 21. 1997 Page 13 Economic Development, Trade and Tourism Minister Bill Saundcrson played travel counsellor at the Niagara Falls Travel Information Centre last week, greeting greeting tourists and handing out travel information, as Tourism Awareness Week draws to a close in Ontario. Jobs and the economic economic contribution of tourism' was the main message as Saundcrson and Leo Jordan, his Parliamentary Assistant Responsible travelled the province to participate in community celebrations and special events. "Our awareness campaign campaign has been very successful successful in spreading the news about the importance importance of tourism to our economy," said Saundcrson, at the conclusion conclusion of a week which saw he and Jordan travel to Sarnia, North Bay, Cambridge, Toronto and Niagara Falls. The Minister and his PA also joined tourism representatives from every corner of the Licence Free Fishing Weekend The Fourth Annual Ontario Family. Fishing Weekend is coming soon to water near 1 you! Prepare to "Catch the Fun!" and fish licence-free on the weekend of July 4-6, 1997. The Family Fishing Weekend was created to remind people of the recreational recreational and economic value of Ontario's sport fishing and the importance of sustaining and enhancing the resource for future generations. For the entire weekend, 12:01 a.m. Friday, July 4 through to 11:59 p.m. Sunday, July 6, the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources will lift the mandatory requirement for all Canadian resident adult anglers (over age 18 and under age 65) to carry with them a licence to fish. This weekend of licence-free fishing fishing will give many people a chance to discover or rediscover rediscover one of Ontario's finest natural recreational activities. Angling is a multi-billion dollar industry in Ontario. One in three people fish - that's three million people wetting lines every summer in this province! The Ontario Family Fishing Weekend is a wonderful way for people to rekindle an interest in fishing or to discover the sport for ■ the first time and that's the key; people who use the environment environment will work to protect the environment. Anglers who fish without a licence must abide by the limits set by the province's Resident Conservation Licence. All other fees and regulations apply during the weekend and will be enforced. For details of fishing fishing regulations and the terms of the Conservation licence, please consult the 1997 Sport Fishing province, at a three-day Tourism-Mini Forum, which focussed on the development of new strategics to increase Ontario's share of the world travel market. "Municipalities and private sector partners across Ontario joined us in this campaign and people took notice of what tourism means to them and their communities," communities," said Jordan. New statistics were also released, showing tourism is now a $13.6 billion industry in Ontario, providing jobs for some 415,000 people, up about nine per cent over 1994. Saundcrson also released results of a new economic impact study showing tourism spending in Northern Ontario at about $1.1 billion, billion, ranked as the North's fifth largest employer, providing jobs for 26,000 people. 1997 BLAZER "Consumer's Digest Best Buy" 5399 + 36 months/$2,675 down Equipped with 4 wheel ABS, driver side air bag, 4.3 litre. 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