I'm not really sure I follow you, but it applies to anyone in any situation. Anyone is the tobacco guy, that is the extent of the analogy.

You wouldn't trust a tobacco CEO if he told you cigarettes were heathy. The same principal applies here. There is an incentive structure...

"Despite a lack of transparency" is a terrible qualifier. In should be completely disqualifying until the government is transparent with...

As I've stated in this thread. The person who gains the most from saying something is usually not considered a definitive source. At...

This is an aesthetic chauvinism. Just because tall buildings are not to your taste does not mean that others don't like living in them...

What you're suggesting is a city that you think is beautiful at the expense of other people's housing. The most recent plan for the area...

If this city wasn’t so damnably slow at getting anything done, the Portlands would already have its highest density under construction...

You forgot gas going over $2 a litre in some areas.....

I did the end-to-end trip recently in 44.5 mins, down from 55 on opening day.

You started with a conclusion. And then made an opinion of what should happen: No you don't. Why lie? This is the height of...

No no, let's forget that a 1984 Via feasibility study showed that HSR would cover operating & maintenance while repaying capital at a...

I didn't realize how much "studying" had been done going back 40 years..........😲 These were 100+ page documents written for the...

Even Pearson has transit modal shares of something like 10% - transit connections to airports matter a lot less than you are portraying...

No kidding, you bring up a good point: https://www.highspeedrailcanada.com/p/all-canadian-hsr-studies.html There have been more than...

As part of graphics production for an upcoming video I created some track maps of the Trillium/Airport line. Current situation...