Frustration with natural resources pouring out of northern Ontario, along with jobs, youth and entire families, has led Ed Deibel to resurrect the Northern Ontario Heritage Party.

The party received official party status from Elections Ontario just this past week, on Aug. 12. The party, originally formed in the '70s, disbanded in the '80s after Premier William Davis created the Ministry of Northern Development and Mines.

According to Deibel, things haven't changed since the party was originally created.

"You can't raise a family with promises," he said. He said promises of tax credits on electricity and fuel don't solve the problems facing the north.

Keeping natural resources, in their raw form, in northern Ontario will generate manufacturing jobs and strengthen the northern part of the province, according to Deibel.

He pointed to high unemployment rates in northern towns of Hearst, Marathon, Schreiber, White River and Wawa.

He also noted electricity rates in northern Ontario are the highest in the province, and higher than those in other provinces.

The higher rates have cost jobs in the mining and lumber industries. Deibel cited the recent closure of the Kidd Metallurgical site in Timmins as an example.

Deibel said he wants to have candidates in all 11 northern Ontario ridings, and hopes that in the next election, the party wins them all.

"We don't benefit from our own resources," he said. "There's no future, our young people are leaving the north. It has to change."

For more information about the Northern Ontario Heritage Party, visit www.nohp.ca.