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Originally Posted by D as in David
Maybe I'm too jaded but I think this "master provincial passenger rail plan" is a cover for the special favour they're going to be doing for the Waterous family. Most likely very little of this plan comes to fruition beyond the Banff-Calgary line.
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TBH it kinda seemed like Smith was more interested in the commuter lines (which give her something to offer rural voters in 3 years) but I agree with you and think that might be her public offering to make the Waterous deal happen.
She kept saying "well we have to wait on the feasibility report but if you ask me we need something like the Go train in Toronto" which kind of biases the report before it's even written. Knowing the UCP, the report will just be written to provide confirmation of what they already wanted it to say.
Also kind of a strange announcement to make with none of the city mayors present. Will be interesting to hear what they have to say. Instead, they had the president of the Calgary Airport Authority?