ONTARIO’S 1st FIRST NATION TRAIN: Mask-wa Oo-ta Ban (Bear Train)

URGENT: Businesses, Communities & Residents Stranded

No more 2nd class treatment: Fund ONTARIO’S 1st FIRST NATION TRAIN like everywhere else in Canada

WHY?   

· Contributes to reconciliation through First Nation employment opportunities

· Only transportation into First Nation traditional territories, including spiritually significant locations

· Essential to regional economy, especially small business

· Accessible transportation

· Environmentally responsible transportation

· All-season transportation to remote wilderness for residents, recreationists & tourists, including snow train

· Unique train-in tourism corridor

1. Green/eco-tourism 
2. Road-less tourism
3. First Nation tourism
4. Francophone tourism
5. Group of Seven tourism

· Train to regional health care & post-secondary education & French immersion