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Transport 2000 Atlantic began a letter campaign today to try and protect the
Maritimes from seeing a 40% slash to service that is soon coming. Please
take some time today to write an e-mail or send a letter to your MP or MLA
and help us avoid another cut to this service. I have already contacted 2
Nova Scotia Senators, 3 of the traditional political parties, David
Collenette (Federal Minister of Transportation), and Prime Minister
Chretien. To date, the Prime Minister has been the only one who responded
which I will post below. Please take a few minutes to go to Yahoo.ca where
you can get a direct link to the government and MPs as well as MLAs and you
can e-mail them directly. Thank you again for your time.
Tim Doyle
Board Member Transport 2000 Atlantic
Thank you very much for your quick correspondence. Please understand I know
that Minister Collenette is responsible for this area of policy in Canada.
I have chosen to ask for the Prime Minister's help in this particular
instance because it is an urgent matter and Minister Collenette will look
into the issue a little closer if the Prime Minister tells him to do so.
Other people are contacting David Collenette as we speak, regarding this
issue.
It is much appreciated that you have forwarded this issue on my
behalf to the Minister in charge. By taking this to the PMO first I have
indicated my level of urgency so again, please look into this matter very
closely so that the Maritime provinces (at least the ones with a railway),
aren't taking any more punishment for their continued use of this national
service.
Sincerely and with gratitude,
Tim Doyle
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Dear D. Tim Doyle:
On behalf of the Right Honourable Jean Chrétien, I would like to thank you
for your e-mail, in which you raised an issue that falls within the
portfolio of the Honourable David Collenette, Minister of Transport.
Please be assured that the statements you made have been carefully reviewed.
I have taken the liberty of forwarding your e-mail to Minister Collenette,
so that he too may be made aware of your comments. I am certain that the
Minister will give your views every consideration.
L.A. Lavell
Executive Correspondence Officer
Agent de correspondance
de la haute direction
>>> "Doyle, Tim" <Tim.Doyle@freedom55financial.com> 11-01-02 11:03:13 AM >>>
Attention Prime Minister Chretien,
This past week, Via rail announced cuts of 40% to service in the Maritimes.
They are transferring our stainless steel cars to the west for tourists and
giving us a reduced number of European cars. Cuts are what I expect to hear
in a recession even though it doesn't really feel like other
recessions...but we have on average over 70% capacity on our trains and many
are sold out since September 11th. Those are higher than averages from
Ontario and the Corridor region! At times like these we should be offering
people more choices for rail travel, increased routes to travel, increased
frequencies. Instead, we subsidize the air industry and continue to ignore
Via rail. Likewise, Via rail, the Central Canadian Crown Corporation,
continues to ignore Maritime Canadians.
As Prime Minister, you are the policy maker for this country. We
aren't asking for anything more than our share of a national service.
Please take some time to save Via rail for Atlantic Canadians and increase
and enhance the service. It will pay dividends long into the future with
jobs, a cleaner environment, and choices other than the price gouging Air
Canada. It also builds communities and links places that otherwise are only
separate entities that have been forgotten by everyone else. Thank you for
your consideration.
D. Tim Doyle
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