The Scotia Rail Development Society (SRDS) is inviting the Liberal leadership candidates along with Conservative and NDP party leaders to take a position on the Cape Breton rail issue as it relates to:

• regional economic development
• public safety
• savings for taxpayers
• Cape Breton's concern for the environment.

Cape Breton Post Re: ‘National dream abandoned,’ Jim Guy column, Cape Breton Post, Dec. 14, 2020

I want to compliment Jim Guy on his excellent transportation column that recently appeared in the Cape Breton Post. It is right on.

I was born in Cape Breton and eventually had to leave in the search for work. Having retired a few years ago, I spend a lot of time here and, since the pandemic began, do not see returning to Ontario for many, many months (if at all).

Cape Breton’s rail disconnect

Cape Breton Post, 14 Dec 2020, by Jim Guy

One of the most famous photographs in Canadian history was taken of Donald Smith, wearing his top hat and poised to drive in the "last" spike for Canada's transcontinental railway in 1885.

Hon. Stephen McNeil, Premier of Nova Scotia

Hon. Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport 

Hon. Katherine McKenna, Minister of Infrastructure & Communities

Hon. Bernadette Jordan, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans, the Canadian Coast Guard

Jaime Battiste, MP, Sydney-Victoria

Mike Kelloway, MP, Cape Breton-Canso

Hon. Geoff MacLellan, MLA, Glace Bay, Minister of Business

Kendra Coombes, MLA, Cape Breton Centre

Murray Ryan, MLA, Northside-Westmount

Derek Mombourquette, MLA. Sydney-Whitney Pier

Allan MacMaster, MLA, Inverness

Alana Paon, MLA, Cape Breton-Richmond

Brian Comer, MLA, Sydney River-Mira-Louisbourg

Keith Bain, MLA, Victoria-The Lakes

Dear Representatives:

Re: Cape Breton is Ready for Rail - Initiative of Novaporte

The Scotia Rail Development Society (SRDS) is seeking your support concerning the restoration of rail service in Cape Breton, specifically, the CBNS Railway portion that has been in discontinuance since 2015, St. Peters Junction to Sydney.