Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 13, 1990, Winnipeg, Manitoba U court refuses to Block rail cuts up photo Winnipeg free january s by Jim Brown the Canadian press Ottawa opposition politicians and lobby groups lost a Las minute bid to Block cuts in via rail service As the Federal court of Canada refused to interfere with a Cabinet decision to slash passenger train the decision cleared the Way for the government to axe 18 of 38 via trains starting and to eliminate More than jobs for unionized employees of the federally owned rail two coalitions of municipalities and environmental lobbyists had challenged the plan announced by the conservative government last october constitutional and environmental Justice Paul Rouleau agreed there is no doubt the cuts will cause but said there is no basis in Law for overturning the National transportation act gives the Federal Cabinet virtually unlimited discretion to decide such Rouleau said in an Oral ruling that followed a Day of courtroom in a personal he commented like most i find it somewhat sad to see this turn of events but if our government deems it it deems it Back to political Arena new Democrat my Iain who joined the environmental group Greenpeace to mount one Challenge to the rail told reporters he would consider an but he indicated a More Likely move would be to go Back to the political Public demonstrations against the cuts Are planned in several cities this and Angus promised to continue the fight when parliament resumes sitting Lawrence who represented the federation of Canadian municipalities and a variety of other groups in a separate Chal said an Appeal would be an extremely difficult thing to do Given the Tim but he did not Rule out the possibility of further court action trying to Roll Back the cuts after they take effect next lawyer Martin representing the Angus Greenpeace had asked the court to overturn the cuts because the government did not conduct a full environmental review before announcing a study released by transport minister Benoit Bouchard in october concluded that a shift in passengers from trains to buses and planes would result in a Small increase in fuel consumption and a minimal Impact on the but the analysis was too narrow and did not examine the Impact of increased traffic congestion in major the possible need to build additional or other fac said Greenspon sought an injunction to prevent any reduction in via service until the Royal commission on passenger transportation makes its final expected in he argued the Cabinet had violated Princi Ples of natural Justice and procedural fair Ness and had denied the Public a Chance to Challenge the cuts at Greenspon also contended that reducing train service would violate the charter of rights by discriminating against the elderly and the who would find it difficult to switch to other Means of Federal lawyer Brian Saunders said the requirement for detailed environmental Stu Dies does not apply to the workers remove via 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