CN Rail Ignored Solutions from Fort William First Nation – Net Newsledger

February 10, 2015

FORT WILLIAM FIRST NATION – Fort William First Nation supports the City of Thunder Bay’s decision to reject the most recent and final offer from CN and to pursue them through the courts under the 1906 Agreement. The Agreement states the CN Rail must maintain the James Street Swing Bridge in perpetuity.

“FWFN is offended at CN’s latest ‘take it or leave it’ offer in which the First Nation would have to relinquished our inherent land rights and give up any historical current or future claims to those lands,” said Chief Georjann Morriseau. “FWFN is the community most affected by the James Street Bridge, both historically in terms of our land being expropriated, and today in the form of not being allowed to use the bridge that facilitated the occupation of our lands.”

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