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It would be interesting if some kind of survey bore that out. Completely anecdotal, but of the admittedly few people I have spoken to in the Peterborough area over the years, if they worked in the GTA, it was mostly south Durham. Granted, that was when GM and it's spin-offs were in full swing.

It's the nature of the parliamentary system. It's the party vs the person.

Beats me. This sort of goes back to the discussion of whether VIA should be involved at all in inter-urban rail within a single province, vs expanding GO's mandate. Possibly, I don't know. I understand the concept was to run hourly service with, I assume, gaps in the middle of the night both...

Globally, the electorate is the term limit for the party in power. Sure, at the individual riding level, in some cases Jesus couldn't win or a ham sandwich could. Just as an off-the-top of-my head example, a party forms two consecutive governments of 3 years each (either minority or they just...

Am aware of of the long term plan for Hwy 404, but the link you provided was for the extension to Ravenshoe Rd., and that is complete. Regard the extension of Hwy 412, a proposal for an extension a very short distance north of its current terminus with Hwy 407 to link up with Lakeridge Rd, or...

And is there a record of people saying, 'you know, I was going to take the train to Montreal, but then I saw that locomotive, so I drove'. Or, 'I really wanted to take the train, but I don't like Home Hardware'.

We are the terms limit. It would be difficult to craft a constitutional amendment (it would take that) in a confidence-based system that doesn't have fixed length terms.

That's a 2006 article. Hint: the extension has already been completed. Not a word about extending Hwy 412. Try again.

Do you honestly think people make their commuting decisions based on what the the condition of the livery is in?

Well, the ROW is there now. I've lost track (and can't be bothered to look) whether the H?R proposal calls for a single track with passing tracks or double track. I also vaguely recall some talk about greenfielding an alternate route near Toronto to avoid the Agincourt yard but have no idea...

I haven't read the book cited by Michael but views were a little more 'pioneering' back then. I don't know if a '"port" was intended for international shipping or simply to supply the arctic. To be clear, commercial shipping does take place but it is barges that supply communities along the...

The problem is both are smack dab in the middle of protected lands (Greenbelt/Oak Ridge moraine). There doesn't seem to be much political will, even at the local level, to grow the area and I have read that to expand the trunk system would be in the billions. It's obviously not a straight line...

Granted Port Perry is closer to Myrtle Station, both of those communities are quite adequately proximate to Old Elm GO station. Future growth in Uxbridge is constrained by a lack of sewage capacity available on the York-Durham Sanitary Trunk System. I don't know for certain but would suspect...

This was discussed not that long ago. Moosonee is about 20km upriver from James Bay on a very shallow delta. The entire western side of James, as well as a large portion of the western side of Hudson's Bay is an extension of the Hudson's Bay lowlands and is all very shallow. The shoreline...

I'm a little unclear regarding the impact of the potential strike. Media are reporting that GO Milton as well as Montreal and Vancouver heavy rail commuter service, along with the VIA Sudbury-White River service - all of which use CPKC trackage - would be shut down. Do the unions threatening...

Two, actually. Keep in mind these were violations of the federal Fisheries Act (laid by either DFO or Environment Canada, I don't know which). Courts can only adjudicate within the legislation; they can order CN to fix their infrastructure. I don't even know if the Canada Transportation Act...

Ontario Power Generation and the Ontario Waterpower Association say that Ontario has between 3,000 and 4,000Mw of untapped hydro electric potential. https://owa.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Made-in-Ontario-Northern-Hydroelectric-Opportunities.pdf I think the report glosses over many factors...

Meh. It was an 'own goal' and they all do it at one point or another in some form. Either some in-house staffer or a contracted media company who grabbed stock images on the cheap and either didn't care, didn't have the time, or wasn't smart enough to vet the images. An attitude that 'nobody...

I was thinking closer to home. https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/cn-rail-fine-oil-spill-1.7271517 Good to see that they got hit with a hefty fine. But it was left to the courts to decide after the fact. Nine years later and we still have the same SMS.

They can be part of package but they can't do it alone. Sault Ste. Marie just sent Norgoma to the breaker, the original home of Keewatin couldn't make it work (and Kingston only just got it so it's impact as an addition to their Great Lakes Museum can't yet be determined).