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There is a BIG difference between the Northlander and a HSR...........the Northlander was cancelled because no one was using it. Many northern Ontarians may have been pissed off at it's demise but I bet 90% of the people complaining were people who had never used it.

Also the road network is free flowing unlike southern Ontario where the traffic is horrendous and limited ability to widen the roads or build new ones.