I am grateful to representatives of both CP Rail and CN Rail who took time from their very busy schedules to update me and my office on the pace of track and bridge repairs in BC. Those calls left me cautiously optimistic.
It was heartening to hear how cooperatively the companies are working with the BC government, with Transport Canada, and with each other, to get the rails and roadbeds fixed & to support hard-hit local communities and First Nations.
There is still a tremendous amount of work to do, so neither CP or CN wanted to predict when they will be back in operation. But my sense is that they are talking about weeks, not months, which is hopeful.
As an Alberta Senator, I want to thank everyone in BC who is working so tirelessly to restore the rail and road Infrastructure that unites our country - and connects my own province to the Pacific. Never had our interdependence and interconnection been so starkly underlined.

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