Joly inspired and impressed by Townships tourism

15 January 2019 at 19 h 06 min

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By Gordon Lambie

Joly inspired and impressed by Townships tourism

Federal ministers Mélanie Joly and Marie-Claude Bibeau met with local representatives of the tourism industry at the Brasserie 11 Comptés in Cookshire on Tuesday morning to discuss ways to get more out of rural tourism and to hear the concerns of those working in the region. (Photo : Gordon Lambie)

Mélanie Joly was in Cookshire Tuesday morning to meet with a group of local workers in the field of tourism. The round table discussion, which ran nearly an hour past its planned end time, left Joly impressed with the work being done in the region and inspired to share examples of local programs in the rest of the country. “I was very impressed, the Minister of Tourism, Official Languages and La Francophonie said following Tuesday’s meeting. “There are ideas I am hearing here for the first time after months of scratching my head.” See full story in the Wednesday, Jan. 16 edition of The Record.