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Via Rail isn’t as bad as its reputation. But we should still make it better (tvo.org)

submitted 1 year ago by Grappling7155@lemmy.ca to c/canadapolitics@lemmy.ca

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[–] corsicanguppy@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If they owned their own lines, they could legit start offering reliable, high-speed service.

If we owned the lines, you mean? Then we set the priority, and the maintenance and budget and operating history is all open; and more is spent keeping it running and less on CEO bonuses.

In which universe is cross-country daytime shipping truly the priority anyway? Only to the shipper's bottom line.

We have transportation and highways; why is this ministry not in charge of rail and wires?

[–] tunetardis@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

That's fair, yeah. To have a truly level playing field between buses and trains, the rail should be a public resource just like the roads.