The quiet cuts

The Canadian Press rounds up Conservative MPs who have been dealing with concerns about budget cuts.

Across Canada, other MPs have been dealing with staffing and service reductions at Via Rail stations. Some stations now go unstaffed, raising complaints from disabled passengers who say they can’t get on the train without assistance. The budget announced $41.2 million in cuts to Via over three years.

Sarnia-Lambton MP Patricia Davidson took the issue up with Steven Fletcher, the minister of state for transport, two weeks ago. "We’re trying to see if we cannot get this changed around," Davidson told the Sarnia Observer. "All the VIA changes are pretty upsetting to the community and to all of us."

See previously: The quiet cuts