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  • The plan notably excludes involvement from VIA Rail, Canada’s only company with experience running a national daily passenger rail service.

    Alto is officially known as VIA HFR – VIA TGF Inc., and their website says,

    VIA Rail provides advice on the technical and operational aspects of existing passenger railway services.

    • So does that directly contradict the article or is it a semantical difference that doesn't detract from its thesis?

      • It certainly seems to contradict the notion that VIA has no involvement - in fact, as near as I can tell, Alto is still a VIA subsidiary. But maybe that's wrong, it's a little unclear.

        I don't think it necessarily invalidates the idea of it being a "fast track to privatization," or that ticket prices will be high.

  • Hopefully the contract being awarded doesn't preclude the option for regulation of things like fare caps.

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