Scrooge' miners must invest more in Sudbury.Former Sudbury mayor Jim Gordon wants Inco and Xstrata Nickel (formerly Falconbridge) to open their wallets to help repair the municipality's bumpy bump·y adj. bump·i·er, bump·i·est 1. Covered with or full of bumps: a bumpy country road. 2. Marked by bumps and jolts; rough: a bumpy flight. roads. Gordon, who spoke at the Greater Sudbury Greater Sudbury (2006 census population 157,857) is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. Greater Sudbury was created in 2001 by amalgamating the cities and towns of the former Regional Municipality of Sudbury, along with several previously unincorporated geographic townships. Development Corporation's Sept. 13 meeting, said both miners have extracted billions of dollars in mineral resources Noun 1. mineral resources - natural resources in the form of minerals natural resource, natural resources - resources (actual and potential) supplied by nature from the area but have behaved "like Scrooges" when it comes to contributions to local projects. The former politician was commenting on Mayor David Courtemanche's policy document entitled, Claiming Our Stake! Building a Sustainable Community Sustainable communities are communities planned, built, or modified to promote sustainable living. They tend to focus on environmental sustainability (including development and agriculture) and economic sustainability. , which outlines areas where the new owners of Sudbury's two major mining companies should be investing. |
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