{"id":50434,"date":"2014-04-14T10:51:17","date_gmt":"2014-04-14T14:51:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/?p=50434"},"modified":"2021-12-23T10:52:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T15:52:22","slug":"government-of-canada-extends-federal-subsidy-for-the-algoma-central-railway-passenger-rail-service-service-extended-until-march-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/2014\/04\/14\/government-of-canada-extends-federal-subsidy-for-the-algoma-central-railway-passenger-rail-service-service-extended-until-march-2015\/","title":{"rendered":"Government of Canada extends federal subsidy for the Algoma Central Railway passenger rail service \u2013 Service extended until March 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, announced today that the Government of\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>\u00a0will extend its\u00a0<span class=\"xn-money\">$2.2-million<\/span>\u00a0federal subsidy to CN for the operation of the Algoma Central Railway (ACR) passenger rail service between\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Sault Ste. Marie<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Hearst, Ontario<\/span>\u00a0until\u00a0<span class=\"xn-chron\">March 31, 2015<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The one-year extension of federal support for the operation of the ACR passenger rail service will give affected stakeholders as well as local municipal leaders more time to make arrangements for the development of a sustainable long-term solution for the ACR passenger rail service.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1977, the Government of\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Canada<\/span>\u00a0has provided CN with financial support to ensure the continued operation of the ACR passenger rail service between\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Sault Ste. Marie<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Hearst<\/span>\u00a0under the Regional and Remote Passenger Rail Services Class Contribution Program. In 2013, the program was renewed as the Remote Passenger Rail Program, with a focus on remote rail services that provide access to established, year-round communities with few or no other transportation options.<\/p>\n<p><b>Quote<\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe government is pleased to extend funding for another year to continue operation of ACR\u2019s passenger rail service between\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Sault Ste. Marie<\/span>\u00a0and\u00a0<span class=\"xn-location\">Hearst<\/span>. This funding will give local stakeholders time to explore long-term solutions for passenger rail service in the area.\u201d\u00a0<i>The Honourable Lisa Raitt,\u00a0<\/i><i>Minister of Transport<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Minister of Transport, announced today that the Government of\u00a0Canada\u00a0will extend its\u00a0$2.2-million\u00a0federal subsidy to CN for the operation of the Algoma Central Railway (ACR) passenger rail service between\u00a0Sault Ste. Marie\u00a0and\u00a0Hearst, Ontario\u00a0until\u00a0March 31, 2015. The one-year extension of federal support for the operation of the ACR passenger rail service will give affected stakeholders &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-21 23:49:22","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50435,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50434\/revisions\/50435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wawa-news.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}