12-19-2017, 12:19 PM
This line got my attention: "More trains could be added to Stratford, St. Mary's, London and Sarnia, including the evening return train from Toronto that was cut by Stephen Harper in 2012."
That's wrong. Via Rail is a Crown Corporation. It is not directed by politicians in the way the writer is suggesting. It receives a subsidy from Transport Canada, so I suppose if that's cut you can blame that on the government of the day. But the suggestion in that line is almost that a politician made the decision to cut a specific service, which is not correct.
I guess all the proposed change would require at the provincial level would be an expansion of Go's service area. That's possible. If it goes to Lambton County, though, some people would argue that it should go to London or maybe even Windsor while we're at it.
That's wrong. Via Rail is a Crown Corporation. It is not directed by politicians in the way the writer is suggesting. It receives a subsidy from Transport Canada, so I suppose if that's cut you can blame that on the government of the day. But the suggestion in that line is almost that a politician made the decision to cut a specific service, which is not correct.
I guess all the proposed change would require at the provincial level would be an expansion of Go's service area. That's possible. If it goes to Lambton County, though, some people would argue that it should go to London or maybe even Windsor while we're at it.