I think it might be asbestos-free now - they've spent the last few years gutting the place.
But yeah, I don't think I'd support tearing it down, despite the fact that the house itself supposedly isn't considered architecturally significant.
I think it might be time to move on from the property and build something new - 24 Sussex is old, decrepit, and not really suitable for the task. It's just an old house.
Preserve 24 Sussex and turn it into a museum or something, but build an official residence that actually meets modern requirements.
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.
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.
I think the critical weaknesses identified in the article are astute: economically vulnerable/disadvantaged people, and disinformation, especially on social media.
I guess we'll know more after the press conference.
I'm hardly an expert, but I think the Navy is in notoriously bad shape, even by Canadian national defense standards.
If you have a helpful resource, such as a compilation of Canadian artists in the past year, let me know and I can edit it into this post.
The list of 2025 Juno nominees would probably be a good (but imperfect) place to start.
Is it? Because we seem to be highly dependent on investagative journalists for that sort of thing.
This is certainly a political trait, but perhaps more importantly, it's a human one.
Immediate gratification feels better than distant gratification. Avoiding something bad never feels as good as getting something good.
I don't know what the solution is. Education, I guess? The population at large needs to fully understand the nature of the threats, and the consequences of failure.