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   XPost: can.general, soc.culture.canada, can.politics   
   XPost: nf.general, ont.general   
   From: dalton@nfld.com   
      
   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   
   os 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 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.   
      
   --   
   David Dalton dalton@nfld.com https://www.nfld.com/~dalton (home page)   
   https://www.nfld.com/~dalton/dtales.html Salmon on the Thorns (mystic page)   
   â€œAnd the cart is on a wheel; And the wheel is on a hill;   
   And the hill is shifting sand; And inside these laws we stand" (Ferron)   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)