RURAL RECOGNITION: - Affordable and Safe Transportation Options for Remote Communities - 1 Work with provinces, territories and Indigenous governments to develop a renewed na-

The Affordability Action Council recommends that the federal government: 1 Work with provinces, territories and Indigenous governments to develop a renewed na- tional vision of passenger transportation supported by better data, research and analysis • Update the 2013 Vision for Transportation with greater emphasis on the needs of rural, re- mote and Indigenous communities and closing gaps in inter. [...] The Final Report of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (2019) called for increased safe and affordable 4 AFFORDABILITY ACTION COUNCIL | POLICY BRIEF transit and t ransportation services and infrastructure for Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA people living in remote and rural communities. [...] The 2023 report of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Transport, Infrastructure and Communities called on the federal government to collaborate with other levels of govern- ment and public and private operators to identify and close gaps in passenger transportation services. [...] NDP MP Taylor Bachrach has launched a petition calling for the federal government to develop legislation to update the mandate of Via Rail to meet passenger and environmental needs and finance the renewal of Via Rail’s long-distance fleet (House of Commons, 2024). [...] Transportation Association of Canada 2018, Innovation and Technology: Evolving transportation 2018 conference and exhibition of the Transportation Association of Canada.