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   XPost: soc.culture.canada, can.politics, nf.general   
   XPost: bc.general, ont.general   
   From: campbell@neotext.ca   
      
   On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 16:25:16 -0230, David Dalton wrote:   
      
   > On Mar 21, 2024, David Dalton wrote   
   > (in article<0001HW.2BACB51200010E34700000C6A38F@news.eternal-september.org>):   
   >   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   > And indeed, the planned transition to electric vehicles   
   > is not practical; instead (or as well) there must be a   
   > rapid evolution of private cars to public transit.   
      
   Location, location, location, Dave.  Electrics only really   
   make any sense in dense urban environments, where they really   
   do rock ;-)   
      
   Dhu   
      
      
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