The future of passenger rail service in the Maritimes and anywhere outside of the Windsor, Ontario to Quebec City corridor may be in jeopardy without federal government action, says Transport Action Atlantic’s Tim Hayman.
Hayman explains the concerns behind a petition calling on the federal government for immediate action to refurbish VIA Rail’s fleet, and to stop plans to privatize the most profitable parts of its operations.
“Once you start going down that road and into the realm of privatizing services and kind of separating things off like that,” says Hayman, “I think it’s very reasonable to worry about the long term future of any services outside of the the [Central Canada] corridor.”
