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“We can continue looking at the resource sector,

but we can look at the technology sector for those

pockets of opportunity,” says Mayor Dumas. “We
are talking to a lot of companies who we will go to

bat for. I'm a believer that if you have a product or
a technology or business model that you believe is

successful, Marathon is your place.”

Looking out to the shore of Lake Ontario, Mayor
“Economic development in the northwest,
Dumas says he also believes Marathon is one of the
particularly in the mining and resource sector, is
most beautiful places on Earth. “It’s like looking at
expected to drive strong electricity demand in the
the paintings we know so well, in front of your eyes.
coming decade,” says Jennifer Tidmarsh, project
I know that people who move here often say that
director and president of NextEra Transmission
they should have come a lot earlier.”
Canada. “The East-West Tie Line Transmission

Project is required to ensure the long-term reliability
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of the electricity supply in the northwest to power
this growth.”

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