British Columbia becomes the first province to take up Ottawa on the offer
Greyhound driver Brent Clark does a walk-around before moving his bus to a parking lot after arriving in Whistler, B.C., from Vancouver on October 31, 2018.The federal government will split funding for bus service on rural routes abandoned by Greyhound in northern Ontario and Western Canada but Transport Minister Marc Garneau says only British Columbia has so far taken him up on the offer.
He said the federal government will also pay half the cost for the BC Bus North Service the province began last year at an expense of $2 million to offer connections between Prince Rupert, Prince George, Dawson Creek, Fort St. John, Fort Nelson and Valemount. The government has tried to address that issue by forming “working groups” in all 10 provinces that are considering long-term solutions for inter-city bus travel across Canada, Garneau said.
“Perhaps it doesn’t need daily service, perhaps every other day,” he said, adding other areas may need more service, especially during summer months when people tend to hitchhike when a bus doesn’t show up, putting themselves in danger.
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