  the federal economic development initiative for northern ontario (or fednor) is a program of industry canada whose mission is to address the economic development, diversification and job creation in northern ontario. fednor especially aids women, franco-ontarians, youth, and aboriginal peoples in ontario. while a lot of progress has been made in achieving fednor's objectives, communities in northern and rural ontario continue to face the ongoing structural challenges that necessitate a stable, long-term regional development effort.http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/fednor-fednor.nsf/eng/fn02927.html fednorâs role is one of facilitator and catalyst, to bring the private and public sector partners together in order to create an environment where communities can thrive, businesses can grow and people can prosper.http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/fednor-fednor.nsf/eng/fn02571.html since the beginning of fednor in 1987, the role in business and economic development throughout the north has grown substantially. as a result, the programs and services that fednor offers to the communities of northern ontario have evolved and improved.http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/fednor-fednor.nsf/eng/fn00859.html fednor has offices in sudbury, sault ste. marie and thunder bay, which are the three main offices. at the sudbury office is where the director general resides along with the main branches of communications, corporate services and policy and planning. the sault ste. marie office of fednor houses the international business centre, which focuses on trade and investment.http://www.ic.gc.ca/eic/site/fednor-fednor.nsf/eng/fn02927.htm ==controversy== under prior minister andy mitchell, fednor's service area was expanded to include many rural areas in southern ontario, including much of the central ontario region. in 2007, a group of politicians from northern ontario, including tony martin, claude gravelle and france gÃ©linas, called for the program to be refocused exclusively on northern ontario."fednor belongs to north; ndp campaign pushes feds to change program's boundaries", sudbury star, november 8, 2007 ==community futures program== fednor has a community futures (cf) program; this program helps to support sixtyone community futures development corporations (cfdcs), throughout ontario. in the north there are twenty-four corporations, leaving the remaining thirty-seven to help serve eastern and southern ontario. cfdcs provide an assortment of different programs and services which are for assisting in the community economic development and small business growth. these programs are
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