They employ thousands of people in this city And if they moved the yards outside the city >they would suddenly need to fire all of those >employees? No. I never suggested that.. but thanks for trying to put words in my mouth. I was saying that contary to what you said, yes, they do employ thousands of people in this city and are one of the largest employers. That would be bad planning. They're talking >about CentrePort, which is just outside the city. >I actually don't think it's far enough away. If >the city grows in that direction it'll have the >same problem is has now. I think that 15 KM >outside would be about ideal.

15kms would cost thousands more in fuel for trucking companies to move the product back into the city. Center port is on the edge of the city by the airports which is not ideal for housing.

Aside from simply employing city folk (which >wouldn't change at all) rail companies used to >be the life blood of any large city. They were >critical to moving people and goods in and out. >Local manufacturers and retailers absolutely depended on them. They still do. Most of manufactoring is done over seas and shiped to vancouver where it it mainly put on trains and ship acrossed canada. There is normally a train running down the rails every 20 minutes out of winnipeg to the east. That's not the case anymore. To think otherwise >is silly. The number of passengers who use >trains compared to planes, buses or their own >vehicles is minuscule. Trains could disappear >completely and it would have a negligible >impact on Winnipeg's passengers. Very few >companies have the trains stop at their doors >anymore. Essentially no retailers, and very few >manufacturers. The ones that still do would >account for the " Instead of dozens of trains >going through the city every day, there would >only be a handful a week for local stops. You are completely our to lunch on this one. The majority of goods are still shipped by rail across the country.. We are not talking about online retailers. We are talking about shipping goods from overseas and then inland. Local customers could still get service." portion >of my comment. Its a total desperation move Absolutely. The NDP goverment is desperate. Of >course Selinger did write a paper on the subject >in 1985 and then again for his PHD thesis in the >90s. But wait, does that fit your narrative? Actually it reinforces it doesn't it? The NDP have had 10 + years to act on all of these plans.. Promosing such a massive project if they are reelected is stupid. They alone can not drive this. They along can not fund it.. This is not an election issue no matter how they try to frame it.