By Ian Ross, Northern Ontario Business; July 30, 2020
Trying to get access to the nitty gritty details behind Queen’s Park’s strategy to restore passenger rail service in northeastern Ontario has proved to be a frustrating exercise for Éric Boutilier.
The rail enthusiast, journalist and photographer from North Bay discovered this past spring that a rail revival draft plan submitted by the Ontario Northland Transportatin Commission (ONTC) to the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) for review is an extremely close-hold government document that’s not for public consumption.