The Environment Minister is still determined to tour Canada by train to talk about climate change. We should all hope he eventually tries
: It was a stupid, impossible idea concocted in a moment of madness by a junior staffer who had never been east of Quebec City or north of Toronto.
Now, on the one hand, it seems churlish to belabour this. In the grand scheme of things, it doesn’t matter. Belabour it I shall, though, first and foremost because I think it’s really funny. It’s just such a quintessentially Liberal thing.
Between Quebec City and Windsor, naturally, the minister can hop on and off the train more or less as he pleases — not just VIA Rail but Exo and GO Transit in Montreal and Toronto, respectively. But beyond that, even at “full” schedule, the plan is patently unfeasible. Pre-COVID, in peak season, the Canadian line only ran between Toronto and Vancouver two days a week, with an additional service between Edmonton and Vancouver.
I haven’t even mentioned the prospect of massive, embarrassing delays afflicting Guilbeault’s tour — though to be fair, the Canadian isn’t as “late” as it used to be, now that they’ve padded out the schedule to an astonishing 97 hours and 15 minutes westbound between Toronto and Vancouver.Article content
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