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IF VIA runs a lousy service it is only because of ...

2009-02-03T14:43:00.000-05:00

IF VIA runs a lousy service it is only because of the endless funding cuts it has endured over
many long years.

We need more and faster trains and a lot fewer cars on the road. If you look at Europe and Japan you can see how this type of transportation system can work to everyone's benefit. Not only is it faster and more convenient, it's cheaper and much more environmentally sustainable.

GO VIA!

Dr Strangelust has been saying the same thing over...

2009-01-28T12:11:00.000-05:00

Dr Strangelust has been saying the same thing over and overty and poverty. Canada Copach lines gets me from Montreal to Toronto for $38. Looking forward to VIA matching that

One of my favourites is the announcement of a furt...

2009-01-28T11:46:00.000-05:00

One of my favourites is the announcement of a further $407-million for VIA Rail. This on top of the over-and-above $691-million then-Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon handed the Crown Corporation in October of 2007. I say over-and-above because VIA receives a regular subsidy of $200-million a year. Albert Einstien defined insanity as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. But what has all this money bought us? Same old same old. This is insane. Somebody has to get up in the cab of this runaway money train and find the emergency brake before it's too late.

Maybe it already is.

I liked your suggestion "Not enough money without ...

2009-01-28T10:20:00.000-05:00

I liked your suggestion "Not enough money without strings to do anything realistic."

That's what we need more of. Lots of cash spread around will-nilly. The pigs will come running to that trough. Adscam II here we come.