Editor, The Times:
Greyhound has been cutting bus service in Canada for years, and VP Stuart Kendrick’s response to our op-ed shows Greyhound’s corporate owners (FirstGroup plc) have no intention of reversing this decline (Greyhound replies to Council of Canadian concerns, Feb. 15 issue). Instead of decisive improvement, the best Kendrick can envision is inadequate “… bus services continue for the long term.”
Public funding to maintain a dismal status quo and send profits overseas is no answer. We can and must create a really good highway bus network to cut climate pollution, prevent deaths and injuries, and improve the economic and social health of B.C. communities.
Greyhound’s dedicated frontline staff would love to help create a great highway bus network, but U.K.-based FirstGroup is apparently not interested. A public bus service, employing existing Greyhound workers and hiring many more, is the better way forward.
Joanne Banks
Council of Canadians
