That, however, is VIA's fault and not Londoners. VIA is a political apparatus first and a passenger rail service second.
The ONLY reason why HFR isn't going to London is because Trudeau decided not to have a single Cabinet Minister from anywhere in SWO but 14 in the GTA. A company that makes decisions on purely a business case would take HFR to London WAY before Quebec City. London is the 4th busiest rail station in VIA's entire system and the Toronto-London {via Aldershot} requires the lowest subsidy per passenger carried by km travelled in the entire country.