Premier Dalton McGuinty plans to announce those discussions today during a campaign stop in Thunder Bay.

The plan, still in its preliminary stages, would be for Canada to develop a hydrogen train which could be sold worldwide.

Not only would a hydrogen train be good for jobs, it would also be good for the environment and could be used for GO Transit, McGuinty says in a release.

In Sudbury earlier in the day, McGuinty warned a Progressive Conservative plan to provide public funds to religious schools will hurt northern communities.

McGuinty said rural and northern schools receive financial supplements to assist with their unique educational challenges and diverting $500 million to faith-based schools would cut into that funding.

The premier promised to increase funding to the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund by $40 million a year.

He also said he was not nearly as "pessimistic" when it comes to the future of the north, despite the problems in the forestry industry.