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 Dear Algoma Trains
Stakeholder,
If you would like to influence government to
adequately support Algoma's passenger trains, writing letters to our
federal and provincial government representatives are one of the best
things you can do. The letters need to be in your own words and state
the values of Algoma's trains to you. They should also outline the
social, economic and employment value of our trains, the current and
potential financial benefits to government of adequate support, and the
need for management and planning which realizes the full social,
economic and employment values of having high quality passenger train
services in Algoma. Some of the points below may reinforce your letters.
- Quality Passenger Train services are necessary
infrastructure in Algoma to maintain and enhance the quality and
diversity of Algoma's economy, recreation, employment and general
quality of life.
- Algoma's Passenger trains must be planned and
operated in a manner which maximizes opportunities to maintain and
develop it's recreation and tourism potential.
- Currently Algoma's Passenger trains are supported
as servicing a remote region.
- Algoma's passenger trains are also infrastructure
which supports a robust area tourism economy which generates substantial
tax revenues and has potential for significant growth.
- Algoma's passenger trains are key infrastructure
which which is responsible for generating generating substantial jobs,
revenue and taxes.
- Every dollar earned by tourism in Algoma
generates 30¢ in government tax revenues
- 14.8¢ for the Canadian Government
- 13.5¢ for the Ontario Government
- 1.7¢ for Municipal Governments
- (Information Source: Ontario Tourism Council)
 Wilderness passenger
trains are an exotic product in the global tourism market which has
tremendous appeal if the services and recreation available is diverse,
interesting and high quality.
- Algoma's passenger trains are the core or anchor
of regional tourism and deterioration of train services and quality
affects the viability of all tourism regionally.
- Current and potential tax revenues generated by
regional tourism to both the federal and provincial government's
financially justify support of Algoma's passenger trains as
infrastructure.
- Current and potential tourism employment
generated by regional tourism justify support of Algoma's passenger
trains as infrastructure.
- Current and potential unique recreational
activities facilitated by Algoma's passenger trains justify support as
infrastructure which attracts medical, technical and entrepreneurial
support persons to the Algoma District.
- There are a number of unrealized potentials in
tourism development including:
- Agawa Canyon train tour out of Hawk Junction
- Encouragement of more resort development
accessed by rail
- Train shuttle to Searchmont, especially in
winter
- Ontario Tourism is 40% of Canada's $57 Billion
tourism industry
- Ontario and Canadian tourism is shrinking
steadily because of a lack of government support in marketing,
infrastructure and planning.
- Globally tourism is the largest industry in the
world and expanding rapidly.
- Tourism is a labour intensive industry and
becomes more labour intensive as the quality goes up.
- Tourism is one of the largest industries in
Canada, larger than forestry, mining, commercial fishing and agriculture
combined.
- Surplus Tax and other revenues from tourism to
government
- Canadian Government Tax income from tourism:
$8.5 Billion - $76 Million in direct support = $7.75 Billion
- Ontario Government tax income from tourism:
$2.2 Billion - $160 Million in direct support = $2.04 Billion
- Our Canadian government's
National Tourism Strategy calls for more support of passenger train
infrastructure
 Thank You
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