I'm not sure I agree. West of roughly Norwood it's mostly farmland. From there to around Medoc to around Perth it starts getting into the rock, but that is where they propose following the 'corridor'. Actually, former Hwy 2 in the Kingston area would face a lot of similar issues because the...

I'm also wondering about comparing "small town", into which I would not lump Kingston, in Japanese terms vs Canadian.

If I understand the posted slides correctly, the proponents are arguing to follow a corridor of relatively softer sedimentary rock - sandstone and limestone - as much as possible. Not a civil engineer but the northern vs southern comparison is not a direct 'A vs B' comparison. There is a lot...

Not to defend the VIA cuts but a lot of those routes were on host trackage that no longer exists. Freight pays the railways' bills and the route has to be economically viable.

I suppose we should be happy they are playing sport at all. In terms of hockey, there are a lot of reasons it is so expensive; ice time rental, particularly in urban areas, equipment costs (does anybody do hand-me-down anymore?) and the nature of organization. There's a lot more inter-league...

Gotta love public input: https://globalnews.ca/news/11664914/gerretsen-demands-kingston-stop-high-speed-rail-line/ https://www.kingstonist.com/news/south-frontenac-says-no-to-high-speed-rail-line-through-township/

I agree. I think in Canada has rested on its laurels many aspects of winter sports. Gone are the days of Canadian players absolutely dominating the rosters of the NHL. I think it was Gushue (might be wrong) who actually introduced physical training into Canadian competitive curling, rather...

I said proximity to resources is one factor. Proximity to market is another, along with a labour force. There are other factors as well, such as availability of power, depending on the nature of the industry.. The Saguenay/Lac St. Jean region of Quebec isn't the centre of aluminum smelting in...

Ya, Ontario Trap Rock is a specialty type of aggregate. It's not rail connected and most of their product goes to the US by ship. All the grants and subsidies in the world cannot make a company locate somewhere that makes no business sense or it simply doesn't want to. One component of those...

There is very little any government can do to encourage that short of literally paying them to be there. Heavy industry wants to be near raw materials and/or market (and an employable level of population). Forestry certainly isn't in an expansionist era. There hasn't been much in the way of...

The US has very limited input or control in the conduct of elections. Deploying ICE to polls; however, will have an intimidating impact. I suspect some states will petition the courts to keep ICE away but I don't know how successful they will be.

A service that they own, which used to exist until cancelled by a previous government, and runs on infrastructure that they at least partially own. You are missing the point that if the line is not commercially viable; i.e. freight, then it makes absolutely no sense to maintain it solely for...

Any detailed information about routing and proposed ROW will have economic implications (land speculation, etc.).

As well as the OVR section between Sudbury and North Bay (albeit in better shape). With the loss of the mill in Espanola, the future of the HCR is even more questionable. Perhaps the recent trade spat with the US and the move for greater domestic content will help Algoma Steel move products...

Please.