Admittedly I am, because discussions with Michael is like Groundhog Day. He wants daily trains to and from everywhere, economics bedamned. In this go-round, the argument is build a VIA station at X and a community will spring forth. Perhaps it will, but perhaps the people that actually live...

Really now. Where does that happen? Do you know a developer that would do that? Housing needs to go where housing is needed, not where some developer can assemble some cheap land and gets to turn a massive profit then walk away. If the issue is just 'build housing, there are gobs of cheap...

And now a word form our sponsor . . . I wonder if there is a way to track how many times you have said the same thing.

I tend to agree - sort of. You are correct that some people don't want anything to change. Others are less comfortable with non-incremental or non-gradual change. When you increase the size of a community by a significant percentage virtually all at once as a development or subdivision would...

They're not always small. The concept of living close to you work was the main reason few complained about agriculture or industry next door - it was the smell of money. Although not exclusively, it is largely an urban concept borne of not living close to work and work itself becoming less...

Well, it's Bearskin, so not a lot of seats to fill. Given the time to show up before a flight - even domestic, and the location of the Sudbury airport in Falconbridge, I think I could drive from North Bay faster.

It's not politics; it's human nature, somebody just put an acronym to it. What has changed is social media facilitating a wider net. I'm not sure many would roll over to a scrap yard or slaughterhouse proposed next to their house. That's what land use planning is supposed to prevent.

Likely winter-only.

Morningstar Aviation links the northern Ontario communities for FedEx, as well as clusters out west and Atlantic Canada.

Not that I believe this government cares about or has even read the document, a part of the reason for that position is in relation to resource-based or single industry areas, particularly in the north. In the past, a town would spring up around a mine or mill, then the industry would close and...

Without some more details, or at least a better graphic, it might be that the proponents don't see Jasper as a viable regional rail destination. Both Jasper and Banff are inside national parks so are limited in growth potential. Jasper is over three hours away with little in the way of growth...

A la Huronchurch Rd. in Windsor. A few others, like Sault Ste Marie and Cornwall would be as bad if volumes were as high. Many border crossings were built for simpler times.

I was by last week but didn't take any pics (the weather was really garbage). The rail and ties were down but no ballast and the connection with the Newmarket stub (at the crossing of Old Callander Rd.) had not yet been made. They are also doing some platform work at the station. I haven't...

You can be assured that "the courts" will not be pushing for real change.

And yet the reality is we get populist bribe cheques from both a Liberal and Conservative government. Governments aren't interested long term benefits; they are interested in obtaining and keeping power.

Realistically, very rare is the government that runs on a platform that offers up anything beyond the immediate future. The concept of strategic thinking in political terms has a maximum gaze of five years. If we the voters were expected to base our decision on long term offerings, we would...

Ya, nothing like spending 22 hours in steerage.

There's a number of companies doing commercial low earth orbit launches, and once Starlink has the sky covered in satellites, then what. Perhaps if/when his model of vehicle recovery proves to be more economical that the traditional expendable platforms.

Gaaa. Another government trying to bribe us with our own money. The 'holiday' will be too late for most people in terms of Christmas shopping but I can see people who are financially closer to the line waiting until it kicks in. For Christmas dinner shopping and small entertaining, its not...

Don't you remember the meetings? We all wore funny hats.