Cyborganism@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 months agoWhat business domains, services, organizations should be nationalized to ensure Canadian sovereignty?message-squaremessage-square18linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-down1message-squareWhat business domains, services, organizations should be nationalized to ensure Canadian sovereignty?Cyborganism@lemmy.ca to Canada@lemmy.ca · 3 months agomessage-square18linkfedilink
minus-squareCyborganism@lemmy.caOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·3 months agoAbsolutely. CN used to be a crown corp but was privatized in the 1990’s under Mulroney’s Progressive Conservatives. Thatcherism and neoliberalism at its finest. CP Rail has always been private. It’s a key infrastructure that should definitely be publicly owned. Via Rail is also a crown corp though.
minus-squareexcursion22@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 months agoVia Rail operations are at the mercy of CP and CN given their ownership (and lack of maintenance) of the tracks, though.
Absolutely.
CN used to be a crown corp but was privatized in the 1990’s under Mulroney’s Progressive Conservatives. Thatcherism and neoliberalism at its finest.
CP Rail has always been private.
It’s a key infrastructure that should definitely be publicly owned.
Via Rail is also a crown corp though.
Via Rail operations are at the mercy of CP and CN given their ownership (and lack of maintenance) of the tracks, though.