The Prime Minister will be making an official visit to Manitoba this week, but won’t be stopping in Churchill.

Justin Trudeau will be in Winnipeg for the 2017 Canada Games, but despite from multiple requests from the Mayor of Churchill, won’t be visiting the remote community which has been without their rail line for over two months.

The federal government as a whole has also remained quite on the topic, despite multiple letters from Premier Pallister asking for support.

The Prime Ministers’ office responded to questions about the community by saying that it is looking for everyone to accept responsibility, including the province and Omnitrax. A spokesperson from the P-M’s office said that if Omnitrax doesn’t meet its obligations then the federal government will look at other options to making sure residents of Churchill get the food and other supplies they need.

Omnitrax recently announced that they will not be paying the cost to repair the rail line.

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