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This is absolutely true. I had to fly to Toronto for some meetings a couple of months ago which I hadn't done in a couple of years and was surprised at how few options there were.

Hmmm, bit of a leap to assume my questions, or the outright opposition of a lot of my neighbours, reflects a "Small Canada" syndrome of some sort. Personally, I'd say we are overdue adopting a new perspective of what our population size, resource riches and relative economic wealth can mean for...

Not sure I'd say they don't care about the ticket price. When I was flying on business my employers very much cared about the ticket price and the airline. We had very clear rules about who we could travel on, where we could stay etc.

Good analysis but there are so many variables for each mode, not least of which is what getting around either metropolitan area will be like by the time Alto is actually running between Ottawa and Toronto. For me, right now, it is more convenient to get to the YOW than it is to get to the train...

I don’t disagree at all. But we all know those calculations are made all the time. Was it a coincidence the Feds said no to expanding the island airport at the same time they have a by-election in Toronto?

In my rural village in the east end of Ottawa there are a lot of "no Alto" signs and the farmers around here are pretty staunchly against it. The CN right of way runs between us and the 417 and right along the southern edge of the village is the Prescott-Russell rail trail extension, which runs...

Good context thanks. That being said, I'm still sceptical about making the leap from the limited inter-city rail culture that we have all the way to HSR. I like rail and I like the idea of HSR and certainly have enjoyed being able to travel around France on their network. But even though the...

Pretty sure that’s what they were planning with their high-frequency rail project before that got shelved in favour of HSR. Frankly I think it would have made more sense to keep on with that project at a fraction of the cost of HSR and see if we could build back up a viable inter-city rail...

Agreed. I'm looking at the state by state polling for the actual senate races. Wikipedia has a dedicated page for the Senate elections where they bring together the most recent predictions from a wide range of polling companies...

Democrats may still flip the House, but flipping the Senate is a long shot that just keeps getting longer. They have a Senate seat in Michigan with a retiring Senator that they should be holding but have put that all in play by choosing a hard left candidate in the primary who trails the...

Exactly. Inter-provincial transportation is a federal responsibility in the constitution, which is why Marine Atlantic is a federal crown corporation. That has led over the years to a couple of interesting angles being played by the provinces. When the feds decided to build the bridge to PEI to...

Add another 10 years to your timeline and you could included the move of 1RCR to Petawawa.

First saw him in Reilly Ace of Spies

Now that you say it I can definitely see it. He was CO of one of the squadrons at Baden when we were in CFE so that makes sense.

My brother and I have been going through some of my Dad's stuff and came across this picture and I'm curious if anyone can help identify what the group is and any of the folks in it. It would have been taken sometime in late '71 or in '72, based on when we arrived in Lahr (August '71) and the...

I can't post the article here given the source but the media are already, if not jumping then hinting broadly at, the "we chose an unproven design over a boat that's already operational" angle. There will be more. I would expect much more at least until we ink the deal with TKMS.

Ditto

Well not me….