Need for speed

NDP MP Brian Masse wants the government to get aboard the high-speed bandwagon.

Masse sent a letter to federal Transport Minister Denis Lebel and launched a "Need for Speed" campaign calling on the government to join with the private sector and ensure highspeed rail investments become reality.

It should include investments to run a high-speed service through Windsor to Chicago, he said. "Significant upgrades to Canada’s rail capacity are long overdue and impacting our ability to compete in the global economy," said Masse in his letter to Lebel. He noted this country remains the only G8 country which has no high-speed rail networks.