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Gotta love public input: https://globalnews.ca/news/11664914/gerretsen-demands-kingston-stop-high-speed-rail-line/ https://www.kingstonist.com/news/south-frontenac-says-no-to-high-speed-rail-line-through-township/

I agree. I think in Canada has rested on its laurels many aspects of winter sports. Gone are the days of Canadian players absolutely dominating the rosters of the NHL. I think it was Gushue (might be wrong) who actually introduced physical training into Canadian competitive curling, rather...

I said proximity to resources is one factor. Proximity to market is another, along with a labour force. There are other factors as well, such as availability of power, depending on the nature of the industry.. The Saguenay/Lac St. Jean region of Quebec isn't the centre of aluminum smelting in...

Ya, Ontario Trap Rock is a specialty type of aggregate. It's not rail connected and most of their product goes to the US by ship. All the grants and subsidies in the world cannot make a company locate somewhere that makes no business sense or it simply doesn't want to. One component of those...

There is very little any government can do to encourage that short of literally paying them to be there. Heavy industry wants to be near raw materials and/or market (and an employable level of population). Forestry certainly isn't in an expansionist era. There hasn't been much in the way of...

The US has very limited input or control in the conduct of elections. Deploying ICE to polls; however, will have an intimidating impact. I suspect some states will petition the courts to keep ICE away but I don't know how successful they will be.

A service that they own, which used to exist until cancelled by a previous government, and runs on infrastructure that they at least partially own. You are missing the point that if the line is not commercially viable; i.e. freight, then it makes absolutely no sense to maintain it solely for...

Any detailed information about routing and proposed ROW will have economic implications (land speculation, etc.).

As well as the OVR section between Sudbury and North Bay (albeit in better shape). With the loss of the mill in Espanola, the future of the HCR is even more questionable. Perhaps the recent trade spat with the US and the move for greater domestic content will help Algoma Steel move products...

Please.

I would assume so (hope so, for their sake).

No doubt. I couldn't find data but it appears that transpacific travel is about 35% less than transatlantic, and I suspect it is more skewed to the western provinces. Don't get me wrong, I hope it works, but unless I was travelling westward (once a week apparently), I'm not sure I would want...

I/we have no clue what MX's long term plans are, and it's been a couple of years since I wandered through north York and Durham, but it doesn't strike me as much of a place for a commuter rail stop. Georgina's population has grown by 50% since the early 1990s, but most of it has been on the...

Westjet to offer flights between Calgary and SSM/North Bay. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/westjet-northeast-ontario-expansion-9.7082921 Kudos for domestic tourism, but I have a hard time believing that folks who are connecting to other destinations would travel several hours west...

I agree. Out of expediency or whatever other reason, over the years, Congress has devolved some of its authority to the Executive and now its coming back to bite them in the butt (or working as intended, depending on what side you are on). The President has been granted significant power to...