From: dave-no_spam@unixhome.net   
      
   "Jem Berkes"  wrote in message   
   news:Xns987DBA38A153Cjbuserspc9org@216.196.97.131...   
   >I was watching this news segment on television complaining about congested   
   > roads and highways...   
   >   
   > I'm surprised that it costs more for a train ticket in south-western   
   > Ontario (in my case, from Kitchener/Guelph towards Toronto) than it does   
   > to   
   > drive that distance as a single passenger in a car, including parking   
   > costs.   
   >   
   > This is just insane. A properly operating train system in a highly   
   > populated area such as this region should be able to provide the   
   > transportation much cheaper than a car. But it can't for some reason. Is   
   > VIA Rail incompetent? Maybe the government should divert funds from the   
   > dead-end "roads" projects to provincial rail transit.   
      
   Write your MP, VIA is a crown corporation HQed in Montreal, part of the   
   Sponsorship Scandal and was involved with money laundering.  All a bad   
   combination to run a company.  It is your Ottawa/Canadian government at   
   work:   
      
   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VIA_Rail#VIA.27s_role_in_the_Sponsorship_Scandal   
      
   Me, I drive 14 km just off of rush hour, parking is n/c and takes 20   
   minutes.  But I don't/won't live in Ontario.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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