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Canadian Pacific News Summary 1981 December 4 CP Rail to reduce then end Montrea
Canadian Pacific News Summary 1981 December 4
12 pages
Contents
Railway 3
Aviation 7
Economics & Politics 8
Highway 8
Business & Finance 9
Labor10
Telecommunications 11
CP Rail to reduce then end Montreal/Rigaud runCP Rail has announced a two-step plan to reduce and ultimately terminate its Montreal/Rigaud commuter services because so far it has been unable to conclude an operating agreement with the Montreal Urban Community Transit Commission.Page 3
Producer meetings: Crow debate heats upThe Crow rate issue is the focal point of annual grain producer meetings on the prairies. Before the Saskatchewan Wheat Pool, both Transport Minister Jean-Luc Pepin and Senator Hazen Argue presented differing views on how the issue should be resolved.Page 3
Ontario wants to determine truck safetyThe growing public view that trucks pose a threat on the highways has prompted the Ontario government to commission a comprehensive study on the standards of truck safety in that province.Page 8
Trends may moderate transport growthDespite the current economic slump that has slowed freight movement by land, sea and air, the outlook for transportation is still one of moderate growth in the coming decade, according to Ken Romain, in a special Globe and Mail Report on Distribution and Transportation Nov. 30.Page 9
Trends and TopicsThe president of Via Rail promised Dec. 1 to resign if there are further widespread cuts in passenger rail service.Page 5
Blaming escalating operating costs, CP Air announced Nov. 27 it will increase its domestic one-way economy class fares by an average of 9.5 per cent, effective Jan. 11.Page 7
PanCanadian Petroleum Ltd. of Calgary is entering the petrochemical industry in Western Canada by taking a 35 per cent participation in the world-scale methanol plant being built by Celanese Canada Inc. of Montreal, near Edmonton.Page 9
Transportation companies do not face the threat of major strikes before year's end, but industry-wide rail contracts expire Dec. 31 and the long-festering air traffic controllers' dispute could come to a head early next year.Page 10
The CRTC decision ordering B.C. Tel to permit interconnection between the telephone company and CNCP Telecommunications systems was welcomed by CNCP Nov. 24 as "further support for the concept of competition in telecommunications services."Page 11
Plans by Canadian National Railways and CP Rail to raise freight rates in the new year have provoked gloom and outrage in Maritime ports. Page 12
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