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[quote]QUOTE: Originally posted by Junctionfan Canadian are o.k with rail as long as the government (federal) makes an effort to sell it. We Canadians aren't hard-butts, if you make a worth while pledge and say it will be benefitial to us, as long as it is, we say " go for it". Bush seems to be good at selling himself (he won the election right?). He should sell the rail industry more if he can concentrate on other important things besides the war on terrorism. Bush wouldn't be quite so bad if he would stop flogging the heck out of the "war on terrorism" and "gay marriages". I think he can get rather single track minded at times and seems to forget about the other stuff until the media and his political opponents bring it up. That is one of the things that concerned me the most about him. Anyways I think the U.S government could make a decent case to Canadians which we would support (B.C/ Alaska connection). It's not like its contraversial like Star Wars. [/quote] It is true that Canada may have different objectives than the U.S. regarding interstate infrastructure development. Take the proposed natural gas pipeline: Alaska wants it to run down into the interior of the state before it crosses into Yukon to aid in development along the Alcan. Canada would rather it cross over from the Artic Plains through the Mackenzie gas fields, which makes sense since it could pick up the major Canadian fields. It will be interesting to see how that all plays out. Regarding the Alaska rail link, is there at least a consensus on which route is preferable? I can see the U.S. prefering a Dease Lake connection which would better enable the "I-5" rail corridor to the California markets, while Canada might perfer the Fort St. John route into Alberta, which would better serve cross continental traffic needs.
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