WHEREAS the municipality of Temagami’s boundaries stretch from Marten River to the south to James Lake to the North; AND WHEREAS the Municipality of Temagami encompasses all of the telephones in area codes (237) Lake Temagami, (569) Temagami and 892 (Marten River); AND WHEREAS in 1998 the Province of Ontario combined these three areas into one municipality, the Municipality of Temagami; AND WHEREAS telecommunications among all three of these areas continue to be inexplicably assessed long distance charges; NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT the Council of the Municipality of Temagami direct staff to petition the CRTC, Bell, Bell Alliant, Ontera, the Province of Ontario, the Government of Canada and any other agencies involved in telecommunication oversight to make telephone calls among these three exchanges “local” calling by removing the long distance charges as they are all within the boundaries of the Municipality; AND FURTHER THAT as North Bay and Temiskaming Shores are the two closest communities to Temagami and are heavily relied upon by residents of Temagami for all of their commercial activities, very notably banking, groceries and hospitals; THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that these agencies be petitioned to also include North Bay and Temiskaming Shores in Temagami’s local calling area.