NDP try again to get Northlander commitment from new Tory government – My North Bay Now

Aug. 15th, 2018

An attempt by the NDP to get a commitment from the new government on when the Tories will bring back the Northlander has failed.

Rookie MPP Guy Bourgouin, who represents the new riding of Mushkegowuk-James Bay, said the north is slowly losing its transportation modes.

“First the train to Cochrane was cut, next came cuts to Greyhound,” Bourgouin said during Question Period.

The New Democrat said as a result of the cuts it’s now a 26 hour trip for people taking the bus from Barrie to Cochrane.

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