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e-5104 (Transportation)
E-petition
Initiated by Nelson Mahmoudi from Ottawa, Ontario
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- The High Frequency Rail (HFR) project was amended in 2022 to include the handover of VIA Rail’s existing operations along the Windsor to Quebec City Corridor to a private, multinational corporation, thus threatening VIA Rail’s role in delivering public passenger rail across Canada;
- Rail privatization and outsourcing schemes elsewhere have meant higher fares, reduced service, deteriorating safety performance, and lower pay for workers;
- Passenger rail privatization schemes in the UK have failed and voters have most recently supported re-nationalization;
- The failure of private intercity bus services in Canada has left many indigenous, rural and remote Canadians without connections to other communities;
- Call to Justice 4.8 from the National Inquiry into Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls report calls for all of Canada to be connected by safe, affordable, and reliable modes of public transit; and
- Passenger rail is a safe, efficient, sustainable, affordable, and accessible mode of public transportation.
We, the undersigned, residents of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to revise the HFR project to omit and reverse the handover of VIA Rail’s existing Corridor operations to a private, multinational corporation (as detailed on page 21 of the HFR RFEOI) and protect VIA Rail’s role in delivering public passenger rail operations and maintenance along the Windsor to Quebec City corridor and across Canada.
- Open for signature
- August 15, 2024, at 11:18 a.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- December 13, 2024, at 11:18 a.m. (EDT)
