High-Speed Rail (HSR) - Toronto/Pearson/Kitchener/London

[plam]

The federal government has one goal:
1, get out of passenger rail service*

*or at least keep the funding to such a minimal amount, that VIA is slowly forced to reduce service, which reduces ridership, which reduces service, etc.

Long-term, I could see VIA continuing to maintain long-distance routes, while GO/Metrolink provides regional service, similar to the current arrangement where VIA services runs express through most of Toronto while GO stops at every stop.

 That federal government goal is consistent across parties too.

The overwhelming majority of VIA's activities occur on the Montreal-Toronto corridor. The super long distance routes (Toronto-Vancouver and Montreal-Halifax) are not very popular.