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Originally Posted by swimmer_spe
Simple answer - because it is within their scope of business.
The scope of GO is to provide transit to the GTHA.
The scope of VIA is to provide passenger rail service to Canada.
GO operates buses and trains.
Via only operates trains.
Go is a commuter service.
Via is a intercity service.
It is like asking a dentist to do open heart surgery. They could be trained to potentially do it, but it is not their scope of practice.
The only wan the Ontario Government could do it, and it be even moderately successful, is if it were under the ONR file. That is an intercity service. It does not just serve the GTHA, or just the big cities.
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But the routes you want are not on VIAs radar, unless you have access to inside information that the public does not.
Besides, your distinctions are irrelevant. If Ontario wants better intercity transport, they can tell GO to do it, if they want. If the Federal Government wants VIA to do something different, like run buses, new routes or shut routes down, they can do that too.
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