VIA Rail Consultants Hired - So Far! The Globe and Mail Bill Curry did an excellent article recently on the VIA Rail Slow Frequency Rail plan. Robert Aubin, Trois-Rivières, MP for NDP on May 2nd, 2017 asked Minister Garneau about the status of the $3.3 million money that was allotted to them in the budget to assess VIAs' plan. We thought you would like to see the full response Minister Garneau gave on June 16th, 2017. Read the article HERE.