By Transport Action | National News
Winter happens in Canada, and we cope. Storm Elliot felt like getting all of winter all at once for much of the country. Thousands of motorists we stranded on highways and local roads, spending uncomfortable nights in their vehicles. However, the story that made headlines was VIA Rail services between Toronto and Ottawa being severely […]
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By Transport Action | National News
Transport Action Canada has reviewed the National Supply Chain Task Force Report and is pleased that federal Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra has publicly acknowledged it as a qualified analysis of Canada’s serious supply chain impediments. With certain exceptions, set out below and in a letter to the Minister, Transport Action fully endorses the report […]
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By Transport Action | National News
This summer, Infrastructure Canada started the process of public consultations on the design and implementation of a Permanent Public Transit Fund, seeking feedback to inform a long-term transit investment strategy that aims to build complete, sustainable and inclusive communities and unlock opportunities to address other challenges, including housing affordability. Initially announced in February 2021, alongside […]
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By Transport Action | National News
Equipment availability of the existing corridor fleet and locomotives is becoming increasingly problematic for VIA Rail as it waits for the delivery of the new Siemens trains. This included the failure of train 79 on September 6, 2022 due to a fuel leak, which was then stranded most of the night waiting for a relief […]
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By Transport Action | Intercity Rail and Bus , National News
Federal Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Steven Guilbeault, made a commitment during the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) in Glasgow to travel across Canada by rail, conducting climate policy consultations. On July 13, 2022 it was reported that the promised trip had been called off due to the lack of passenger rail […]
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