What I put to the prime minister on change.org
Supporter comment
bring VIA Rail passenger train service back to the Gaspe coast.
The gaspe people needs our train for family, friends from far away to visit family…….for the elderly and sick who need medical attention or check ups in Montreal and abroad………for visitors to see our natural wonder Perce Rock, where the tourist industry would loose a lot of money, and businesses too need it as well as school officials to travel for conventions and for the gaspe people to keep intouch by travel to the Canadian General public……since the gaspe people have no transportation at all, no train, no buses, no metros, etc…..I think it's about time the governments involved start taking care of their gaspe people, the tax payers, the elderly who voted them for office………this is unexceptable keeping the gaspe coast people isolated from the rest Canada……..OH YES and VIA RAILS advertising 55% off ANYWHERE in Canada is false advertising, since Gaspe has no train and the Gaspe is part of Canada
It would be even nicer to have the train to go from matapedia to new Carlisle……..it would help a great deal for the people, and once all the tracks etc…… are ready, to have the train go from matapedia to gaspe since gaspe does have a new station that hasn't been used yet
I like to know the reason WHY from the Government……….years ago from matapedia to new Carlisle had the same businesses as it is today so why the change, sure we need the tracks repaired, that's all part of infrastructure, you can't have a tourist attraction without a way of transportation to get there…….no bus to get you there, and some people who live there have no ways of transport to get there……I think the government would have the funding if they had the right people in there instead of taking it from the tax payers……not to mention each munipality should be standing up to fight this for their people
Also I would like to add that a lot of my family members served for this great country and their families cannot have a train to reach their home town, the government should be ashamed
Maybe it's time to get. Radio stations to get involved, CBC TV , Montreal gazette etc……… to talk about starting with the loss of the train, to the petition, to Philip toones taking it to parliament, to the government buying the track, to what we see here now, and why doesn't the train run to new Carlisle, or to gaspe?……….
I hope that you present for the gaspe people will pass and something gets done soon………some people are unoptimistic since our government has disappointed them in the past, while others are optimistic and hope to get their train back
Gaspe people are proud of their home and surroundings, even people like hurricane hazel ex mayor of Mississauga that's from the gaspe coast Port Daniel to be exact, also your new federal court judge, and NHL player Cedric Paquette both from the town of Gaspe ……it's time to listen to the people
Cynthia Enright
a born English Gaspesian… Replier