VIA Rail

[tomh009]

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.

It's correct enough.  The government cut funding.  Of course it was going to impact service.  There is direct causation, even if the government didn't choose the exact cuts.

Right. A better way to phrase it might have been: "More trains could be added to Stratford, St. Mary's, London and Sarnia, including the evening return train from Toronto that was eliminated after Stephen Harper cut the VIA funding in 2012."