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Originally Posted by mattropolis
From an email from Washington State Department of Transportation
Washington state working to keep second Amtrak Cascades train service to Vancouver, B.C.
Canadian federal government imposes nearly $550,000 in annual fees for border-clearance services
WSDOT Rail News
http://www.wsdot.wa.gov/Freight/News/archives.htm |
This is really embarrassing. The US government is spending hundreds of millions of dollars to upgrade passenger rail service along the Cascade corridor and yet the Canadian government is unwilling to continue to pay $550,000 a year for border-clearance services following the successful trial of this service over the last year.
Please write Prime Minister Harper and demand the Canadian government continue to pay for border-clearance services so the second daily train can continue.
pm@pm.gc.ca
And copy:
Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca
Layton.J@parl.gc.ca
Strahl.C@parl.gc.ca