In Montreal getting my fill of smoked meat and other Montreal goodies, but this story from this morning’s Province is great news for local tourism-related businesses which have really been struggling since the close of the Olympics.

This definitely lends to the theory that if you build it, they will come.  Once again, the Canadian side of the equation had better get their shit together if we are going to take advantage of the money ($8 billion) that Obama has put on the table.

The minor details like cost of customs changes are petty, and I am happy tha the BC government is at least pushing for ease to allow Amtrak to proceed with its plans.  Now it is a matter of getting the federal government to shift their attention to Vancouver-Seattle-Portland over Windsor-Quebec City or even Edmonton-Calgary (which I still don’t quite understand in terms of its place on the list of priorities).

Ok, more later on in the day.  Off to Schwartz’s.