Keep VIA Rail a public entity
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Keep VIA Rail a public entity
Kristopher Whittaker started this petition to Cynthia Garbeau, Transport Canada, Omar Alghabra, Justin Trudeau, Annie Koutrakis, Government of Canada, and it now has 8,819 signatures
Sign now with a clickOn March 9 2022, Canada’s Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra announced the Government of Canada and Via Rail Canada will begin the process of privatizing the Windsor-Quebec City portion of Via Rail’s operations. Many believe this will be the first step in privatization of Via Rail’s entire network. While the government and Via Rail will promise improved service and route increases, history tells us that this will be patently false. Privatization leads to less service, less routes and higher costs on the end user. Privatization also brings the closure anything that is not profitable, in this case it could potentially mean the permanent discontinuation of Canada’s only transcontinental train, “The Canadian” as well as Canada’s east coast train, “The Ocean”.
Canada’s passenger rail service has been chronically underfunded and neglected for decades by successive governments, which has put us in this situation today. The answer isn’t to sell to the highest bidder.
Canada and it’s citizens deserve a functional, nation wide passenger rail service that is affordable to all, environmentally friendly and wholly owned by Canada and her citizens.
Please sign this petition and tell our elected officials that Via Rail belongs to Canadians and is NOT for sale!
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