Fund Mask-wa Oo-ta Ban (Bear Train) from Sault Ste. Marie to Hearst
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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
- Green/eco-tourism
- Road-less tourism
- First Nation tourism
- Francophone tourism
- Group of Seven tourism
· Train to regional health care & post-secondary education & French immersion