Take Action to Save Amtrak Train

Regarding the proposed cancellation of the second daily Amtrak train due to Canadian Border Services.

You can make a difference by sending a brief email or letter to one of the following people to make it known that the CBSA should back down on their proposed charge of $500,000 on Amtrak.

You may want to mention:

• The economic benefits of the second train service.
• The importance of this train to US federal government decisions to invest additional rail infrastructure right up to the border.  “This isn’t just about a hundred people riding the train a day, but potential investment of 100’s of millions of dollars”
• The pilot project was a success with more than the CBSA benchmark of 60 riders per day on the train

You can contact the following people:

Federal Ministers

• Minister Vic Toews – Public Safety and the CBSA  Toews.V@parl.gc.ca
• Prime Minister Stephen Harper  Harper.S@parl.gc.ca
• Minister Stockwell Day – Treasury Board Day.S@parl.gc.ca
• Minister James Moore – Minister of State for Pacific Gateway Moore.J@parl.gc.ca
• Minister Chuck Strahl – Transportation  Strahl.C@parl.gc.ca
• Assistant Deputy Minister Helena Borges (Transport Canada, Gateways and Border Crossings)
• Minister Lawrence Cannon – Foreign Affairs  Cannon.L@parl.gc.ca
• Dean Del Mastro (MP) – Chair of House of Commons Rail Caucus  DelMastro.D@parl.gc.ca

Opposition Critics

• Michael Ignatieff – Opposition Leader  Ignatieff.M@parl.gc.ca
• Ujjal Dosanjh – Senior Liberal in BC  Dosanjh.U@parl.gc.ca
• John McCallum – Transport Critic  McCallum.J@parl.gc.ca
• Siobhan Coady – Treasury Board Critic  Coady.S@parl.gc.ca
• Bob Rae – Foreign Affairs Critic  Rae.B@parl.gc.ca

Provincial Politicians

• Gordon Campbell – Premier  Gordon.Campbell.MLA@leg.bc.ca
• Shirley Bond – Transport  Minister.Transportation@gov.bc.ca
• Carole James – Leader of the Opposition  Carole.James.MLA@leg.bc.ca
• Spencer Chandra Herbert – Tourism Critic  s.chandraherbert.mla@leg.bc.ca
• Harry Bains – Transport Critic  Harry.Bains.MLA@leg.bc.ca

Get your MP’s email and contact info here:

http://webinfo.parl.gc.ca/MembersOfParliament/MainMPsCompleteList.aspx?TimePeriod=Current&Language=E

Send a regular letter:

Please send your letter for free (no postage necessary), to any MP to the following address (NO POSTAGE NEEDED):

House of Commons
Ottawa, Canada
K1A 0A6