Mr. Speaker, VIA Rail needs tracks to run on.
The Conservatives did nothing when VIA Rail dropped Gaspé. The Government of New Brunswick and CN invested $25 million each in the rail line that connects Moncton to Miramichi and Bathurst to Campbellton. When CN abandons the line between Miramichi and Bathurst, all of eastern Canada will find itself in the same predicament.
The province repeatedly asked the federal government for help to keep this line, but the Conservatives did not provide any financial assistance.
What will the government do to keep VIA Rail's east-west line through Miramichi and Bathurst? Where are the Conservative members—