d59db9f4   
   XPost: misc.transport.urban-transit, misc.transport.misc, soc.rights.human   
   XPost: sci.energy, talk.religion.newage   
   From: fffelix.jan.yt@gmail.com   
      
   On 2024-03-22 03:36, David Dalton wrote:   
   > (Canada)   
   >   
   > Instead of the federal government giving back much of the Carbon   
   > Tax in rebates, they should direct the money to improving public   
   > transit nationally, including in rural areas.   
   >   
   > For example, in recent years there has been a loss of Greyhound   
   > in Western Canada, and that contributes to the ongoing crisis   
   > of missing and murdered indigenous women and girls, since   
   > many of them resort to hitchhiking.   
   >   
   > On a local (Newfoundland) basis, several years ago there was   
   > a loss of Fleetline bus, which used to operate on the coastal   
   > Conception Bay Highway between St. John's and Conception   
   > Bay North, and which was a valuable service fo students   
   > travelling home for the weekend and for seniors and others   
   > going into the city for medical appointments or shopping.   
   >   
   > But of course there could also be an improvement in public   
   > transit in urban (including small cities) and suburban areas.   
   >   
   > And indeed, the planned transition to electric cars   
   > is not practical; instead (or as well) there must be a   
   > rapid evolution of private cars to public transit.   
   >   
   > And I think the NDP would support the LIberals in such an   
   > initiative, maybe even to the extent of forming a coalition   
   > before the next election.   
   >   
   It would be nice if they used the tax to improve Via Rail across the   
   country. But for the time being, since the economy isn't doing very well   
   right now, I think it would be better to remove it, especially   
   considering people who live in more rural areas rely on driving to get   
   to places, thus burning a lot of fossil fuels.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)