Federal transport plan fails to give VIA what it needs to succeed

Without a VIA Rail Act, passenger rail service in the rest of Canada may be doomed

November 29, 2016 By Erica Butler

When federal transport minister Marc Garneau got up to make his speech about his government’s new long term transportation plan (“Transportation 2030 — A Strategic Plan for the Future of Transportation in Canada”) Bruce Budd and Ted Bartlett had reason for optimism. The chair and vice-chair of Transport Action, a rail advocacy group founded in…

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