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Working partly from memory here, so apologies if the specific facts are a little off. The prior order dates back to 2012 (link). At that time MOOSE complained about lack of maintenance on the POW Bridge and argued that that resulted in a discontinuance of the line. The CTA ruled on the...

I agree. The GIC Order regarding the Bayview station issue (Determination No. R-2018-23 of February 16, 2018) only rescinded that particular order, and that is what Joseph Potvin is trying to take advantage of in his newest submission by referring to the POW issue and Determination...

I can fully understand why the Railway Association of Canada would be concerned about the recent CTA decision. In fact, I believe that should this decision hold and set a precedence, that it will have exactly the opposite effect as to what is intended, that is it will lead to a significant...

For those of you who might miss this on your first reading of the Backgrounder that Allendale25 refers to (I certainly did), the funding for Stage 2 LRT is found in two different lines in the table: Public Transit: $872.2 Million approved for the Ottawa Light Rail Transit Stage 2 project...

My thoughts on the CTA decision and the City's plan to appeal. (Apologies for the long-winded post.) First of all, I think we need to make sure we differentiate between the Canada Transportation Act (CTA) ('The Act") and the Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) ("The Agency"). The Act is the...

Just in case anyone is interested, the results of the case in Quebec Superior Court regarding an injunction against Chelsea from removing the rail line can be found at the following location. It's in French, but I'm sure all of you who aren't bilingual are capable of using Google Translate...

@steveintoronto What you may not have realized so far is that the issues surrounding MOOSE and their ability to create a railway network have almost nothing to do with CTA and any decisions they may make about the POW Bridge, or even access rights in general. Remember, the MOOSE plan is to...

I think they already have. From Mayor Jim Watson: "I don’t think MOOSE has the experience, credibility or financing to do what they want to do . . . "

So your 'communications approach' upon conclusion of the review is a post in a online forum. Far cry from the five page press release when it started. So I take it that as a result of a due diligence review by a 'specialist' organization, what was 'learned' by Lemine was that they didn't see...

@Joseph Potvin, Glad to see you back, you've been absent for a while. I do hope that you'll answer a question that's been outstanding for a while. In July 2017 you put out a press release concerning your relationship with LeMine Consortia. According to your press release, LeMine was a...

Because it is disruptive, consumes resources that could be better allocated elsewhere, and has absolutely no chance of success. Imagine I came up with a 'business plan' that I would do sewer replacements in the City, all in exchange for a 'voluntary' service fee from those who live along the...

I have to agree with KEiThZ on this one. The MOOSE financial plan focuses on the creation of residential real estate. In the smaller rural towns in which they focus on, the majority of commercial entities around train stations will be small service businesses such as coffee shops...

As I've said before, I'm not against rail, nor am I against private corporations providing services to the public. In this particular case I simply don't believe that there is any sort of a rational business case to operate a rail network such that MOOSE is suggesting. The ridership simply...

FUN WITH FIGURES Annual operating budget for MOOSE: $500,000,000 Passengers (return trips) per day: 25,000 Annual cost per passenger: $20,000 To pay for this: Assuming all homeowners: Annual operating cost: $500,000,000 Average payment to MOOSE from sale of a home near station: $50,000...

Glad you agree with me. These would have no impact on the current planned LRT lines and the City's future plans, so there would be absolutely no purpose to "change the course of specific activities" nor to "adapt" its design, other than to accommodate MOOSE for their one in a million...

So you agree that MOOSE's demands that "the City of Ottawa to immediately change the course of specific activities at this site" and "the Ottawa LRT Project team must promptly determine how its new Bayview Station design can be adapted" are completely unreasonable at this point in time...

You're a true optimist. I give them less than a 1% chance. Based on that I would never consider altering the current plans for LRT nor expending any significant time and resources on the hypothetical potential that this might work.

Once again you completely missed the point of the argument. I'm not sure if you're deliberately avoiding it or if you simply lack the ability to comprehend the question. I'll give you the benefit of the doubt and assume the latter. The argument is not against P3 agreements, in fact I'm a big...

Then why in the world would you take them seriously, or believe anything they claim that they can do??? This is after 8 years of making claims, after 8 years of seeking investors, after 8 years without completing a feasibility study. Let's go back to last summer. A major Investment Group...

You've completely missed the point of the analogy. This isn't an argument against P3s, I like P3s. This is about the specific details of the scenario. Questions for you. a. Would you enter into a P3 agreement with a corporate entity that has no certification, no experience, no money, no...