Regarding the proposed cancellation of the second daily Amtrak train due to Canadian Border Services.
You can make a difference by sending a brief email or letter to one of the following people to make it known that the CBSA should back down on their proposed charge of $500,000 on Amtrak.
You may want to mention:
- The economic benefits of the second train service.
- The importance of this train to US federal government decisions to invest additional rail infrastructure right up to the border. “This isn’t just about a hundred people riding the train a day, but potential investment of 100’s of millions of dollars”
- The pilot project was a success with more than the CBSA benchmark of 60 riders per day on the train
You can contact the following people:
Federal Ministers
- Minister Vic Toews – Public Safety and the CBSA Toews.V@parl.gc.ca
- Prime Minister Stephen Harper Harper.S@parl.gc.ca
- Minister Stockwell Day – Treasury Board Day.S@parl.gc.ca
- Minister James Moore – Minister of State for Pacific Gateway Moore.J@parl.gc.ca
- Minister Chuck Strahl – Transportation Strahl.C@parl.gc.ca
- Assistant Deputy Minister Helena Borges (Transport Canada, Gateways and Border Crossings)
- Minister Lawrence Cannon – Foreign Affairs Cannon.L@parl.gc.ca
- Dean Del Mastro (MP) – Chair of House of Commons Rail Caucus DelMastro.D@parl.gc.ca
Opposition Critics
- Michael Ignatieff – Opposition Leader Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca
- Ujjal Dosanjh – Senior Liberal in BC Dosanjh.U@parl.gc.ca
- John McCallum – Transport Critic McCallum.J@parl.gc.ca
- Siobhan Coady – Treasury Board Critic Coady.S@parl.gc.ca
- Bob Rae – Foreign Affairs Critic Rae.B@parl.gc.ca
Provincial Politicians
- Gordon Campbell – Premier Gordon.Campbell.MLA@leg.bc.ca
- Shirley Bond – Transport Minister.Transportation@gov.bc.ca
- Carole James – Leader of the Opposition Carole.James.MLA@leg.bc.ca
- Spencer Chandra Herbert – Tourism Critic s.chandraherbert.mla@leg.bc.ca
- Harry Bains – Transport Critic Harry.Bains.MLA@leg.bc.ca
Get your MP’s email and contact info here:
http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Current&Language=E
Send a regular letter:
Please send your letter for free (no postage necessary), to any MP to the following address (NO POSTAGE NEEDED):
House of Commons
Ottawa, Canada
K1A 0A6
