Canadian women are built different!

The oligarch from Etobicoke. Time to send him packing.

#NoAlto! It will most definitely be a white elephant and colossal waste of taxpayer $$, regardless of route! Current ridership between Mtl and TO is app. 15 million (train, plane and bus). Where does the 25 million projected ridership number from #Alto come from?

Barbados 🇧🇧 vibes ❤️

Ally...singular. The US, because of your train wreck of a "president" only has one "ally" in this illegal war...Israel.

As to the load projections. #Alto is basing their estimates on 25 million passengers annually. Look up total airline passengers between Montreal/Ottawa & Toronto. Can't remember the exact number but it's under 10 million. Even if you add VIA, which provides local service, it's not even close!

No, it is an argument against HSR without the supporting infrastructure. HSR on it's own, through remote areas is not sustainable in Canada. It has to be closer to urban centers and the local infrastructure expanded to allow more public access. HSR from/to major urban centers only is not feasible!

I'm not saying never build it. I'm saying stop using Japan and Europe as proof that it will work here. In my opinion, we are not those places. Canadian travel is visiting friends and relatives, not tourism.

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In Ottawa or Toronto you arrive and then what? Your family lives in the suburbs. So you either rent a car or you just drive in the first place because you were going to need the car anyway. The train is only as useful as what's waiting for you when you get off.

What happens when you get off the train? In Tokyo or Paris, you step off and a world class transit system takes you anywhere you need to go. You don't need a car. Millions of people in those countries don't even own one because everything is set up so you don't have to.

Even with the recent spike in domestic travel, the growth went to places like Atlantic Canada, cottage country, and nature destinations, not to other big cities. A faster train doesn't change what's at the other end, speed was never the reason people weren't going.

In Canada, even Canadians don't really travel between our own cities for leisure. We go south. We fly overseas. We drive to cottages. The likelihood is low that HSR would significantly shift leisure travel patterns toward Ottawa and Montreal.

Then there's tourism. In Europe and Japan, high speed rail connects places people already dream about visiting. Every stop is a different culture, different food, different history. People plan entire vacations around train hopping between these cities.

that feeds passengers to and from the high speed rail stations. Regional trains connect smaller surrounding communities into the system too. The whole thing works because everything connects.

In Japan and Europe, HSR doesn't work in isolation. It's one piece of a much larger transit system. Their corridors have significantly higher population density, with major cities at regular intervals along the route, and each of those cities has its own local transit network

Not my text but perfectly explains it...

A common argument for HSR is that Europe and Japan have it, and that Canada is long overdue for it. I'm no journalist, but I wanted to share a few thoughts in case they're of value. I welcome a debate in case there are gaps in my reasoning.

I know way too many people who still choose to cross the border for non family or work related trips. Heads in the sand or the three monkeys come to mind. That being said, I also know many, including myself, who refuse to even consider crossing!

There should, at minimum, be a stop in Kingston, between Ottawa and Toronto!

So stop comparing it to Europe and Japan, etc. The stops there are much closer together...

A beaver standing by a scoreboard tabulating 51st state and Governor of Canada saying, "And every time he says one, another Canadian stays home."

Today's editorial cartoon from the Winnipeg Free Press.

#never51 #itspmtoyouasshole #truenorth #strongandfree

Just do it without the current proposed #Alto routes. 401 corridor is the only way to go for minimal environmental impacts. Also, add more stops! It's ridiculous that anyone would propose HSR without access for the most people possible! This is a vote deal breaker for many in Eastern Ontario!

Hey Mark...can we get a discussion on ALTO going on Bsky? Saw your FB post today and I need some clarification. Are you for it only if it's 401 corridor? The other routes (as proposed) would be an ecological, social and political disaster!

OMG stop!! I miss European food and am working on my beach bod for vacation in 12 days 😂

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That looks amazing! Nice touch on the decorating too 🧡

If you had a chance to be equal and actually ran the planet for only a fraction of these past years, we wouldn't be where we are right now!! And we are not in a good spot...

Amazing but short ski getaway to #monttremblant. Couldn't have asked for a better day 🌞❤️

Saw him when he showed up impromptu at the Chickn Deli in Toronto in the late 90s! One of my most memorable nights out ever ❤️

Well...I survived my 60th B'day weekend 😂🍷. Grateful to have been able to celebrate with so many friends and the Loves of My Life! Barbados 🇧🇧 trip in 3 weeks to top off the celebrations ⛱️

Americans can’t even begin to understand how pathetic Canadians think Trump and this administration are. Thanks for this , it will help us stay away from your shithole country and strengthen our resolve to fight you.
#uspoli