Martin Coiteux in the Eastern Townships

Martin Coiteux, the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Minister of Public Security and Minister Responsible for the Montreal region was in Magog on Thursday morning as part of a two-day tour through the region to meet with local mayors and entrepreneurs. Coiteux’s visit focused on the Magog and Sherbrooke areas yesterday and the minister will be heading east to Saint-Camille and Lac-Mégantic today in order to help promote the government’s new strategy of drawing ideas from the region rather than handing down policies from on high. See full story in Friday's paper, Jan. 12.