• ikidd@lemmy.world
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    4 hours ago

    When were the railways ever not private in Canada? One barely solvent passenger service that’s a crown corp hardly constituted nationalized rail.

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      2 hours ago

      Wasn’t it originally a huge public undertaking? It was my understanding that the rails and CN began their lives in public ownership before being privatized.

      Did I misunderstand things?