Dear Editor,
[RE: LETTER: Move to electric railroad, instead, Dec. 13, The News]
Continuing on the benefits of an all electric railroad system, our prime minister has committed us to multi-billions of dollars including carbon tax.
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If the railroad industry and Ottawa (that’s us) were to start off on a project to electrify our nations rail systems, it would improve the health of the vast majority of Canadians.
It would be a tremendous boost to our health care system and possible to more than our commitment to the Paris Accord.
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We would be getting a tangible return on our investment.
It’s not as if the wheel has to be reinvented!
Chris Winchester, Maple Ridge
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