Ukweseka imizamo eqhubekayo esetshenziswa yiziphathimandla zezempilo yomphakathi kulo lonke elaseCanada yokunciphisa ukusatshalaliswa kwe-COVID-19, okuhlanganisa nezincomo zokuthi abantu bangahlali emphakathini kanye nokunciphisa ubungozi bezempilo kubagibeli nakubasebenzi bethu, i-VIA Rail Canada (VIA Rail) imemezela ukwehliswa. kwezinye zezinsizakalo zayo kanye nezinyathelo ezengeziwe zokuvimbela.
Ngenxa yokwehliswa okukhulu kwenani labagibeli okutholwe kulo ngesonto eledlule, kuhlangene nesidingo sokutshala izinsiza zethu ukuze sibhekane ngokuphumelelayo nalolu bhubhane, kusukela NgoLwesibili, ngo-Mashi 17, izinsizakalo zizoncishiswa ngo-50% emhubheni we-Québec City-Windsor.
Izinsizakalo zesifunda (I-Sudbury-Umfula omhlophe, Winnipeg-Churchill, Senneterre-Jonquière) bazoqhubeka nokusebenza ngokuvumelana neshejuli yabo ngaphandle koshintsho.
Kanye nezinguquko zeshejuli, i-VIA Rail izokwethula insizakalo yokudla eshintshiwe ezitimeleni zayo. Ngokuhambisana neziqondiso zeziphathimandla zezempilo zokuqhelelana komphakathi, sizokhawulela inani labasebenzi nabagibeli libe lincane kakhulu, okuhlanganisa nenkonzo yethu yokudla. Abagibeli abasesigabeni somnotho bazothola ukudla okulula kanye namanzi. Esigabeni samabhizinisi, insizakalo yokudla evamile izothathelwa indawo ukudla okulula namanzi. Kuwo womabili amakilasi, akukho okunye ukudla noma isevisi yesiphuzo ezonikezwa futhi abagibeli abanemikhawulo yokudla bayacelwa ukuthi bahlele ngokufanele.
Izisebenzi ezengeziwe ezingaphakathi zizofakwa kuzo zonke izitimela zethu ukuze kuhlanzeke izimoto zethu zabaqeqeshi ngenkathi zisebenza. Lokhu kungaphezu kwephrothokholi yokuhlanza ethuthukisiwe eyamenyezelwa ngaphambilini esebenza eziteshini zamatheminali. I-Via Rail iyaqhubeka nokuthumela imithetho eqinile yenhlanzeko nenhlanzeko kwezinye izitimela zayo ezisebenzayo inqobo nje uma zisasebenza.
Abagibeli abakhombisa izimpawu ezifana nomkhuhlane noma umkhuhlane (umkhuhlane, ukukhwehlela, umphimbo obuhlungu, ubunzima bokuphefumula) bayacelwa ukuthi bangahambi nge-VIA Rail. Uma lezo zimpawu zivela ebhodini, bayacelwa ukuthi babike ngokushesha komunye wabasebenzi bethu.
“Njengenkonzo kaloliwe yabagibeli yomphakathi kubo bonke abantu baseCanada, sisazibophezele ekuhlinzekeni ngezinsiza eziningi ngangokunokwenzeka ngaphansi kwezimo, kanye nendawo ephephile yokuhamba yamakhasimende ethu nabasebenzi bethu. Njengoba sesibona ukwehliswa okubalulekile kwabagibeli, lezi zinyathelo ezengeziwe zizosiza ukusivumela ukuthi sigcine insizakalo ”, kusho. UCynthia Garneau, uMongameli kanye ne-CEO.
“Sisebenzisa lezi zinyathelo zokuphepha ezengeziwe sazi ukuthi zizoba nomthelela emandleni ethu okuqhuba izitimela zethu ngesikhathi. Sibonga abagibeli bethu ngokubekezela nokuqonda kwabo phakathi nalesi sikhathi esiyinselele kubo bonke abantu baseCanada futhi sifuna bazi ukuthi sonke kwa-VIA Rail sihlala sizinikele ekunikezeni isevisi engcono kakhulu kanye nesimo sokuhamba, ikakhulukazi uma sigibela izitimela zethu, eziteshini zethu futhi izikhungo zethu zezingcingo”, kuqhubeka UCynthia Garneau. “Kuze kube yilapho isimo sesibuyela kwesijwayelekile, ngimema bonke abagibeli bethu ukuthi baxhumane nesizindalwazi sethu ukuze bathole ukwaziswa kwamuva mayelana nokusebenza kwethu”.
I-VIA Rail iyaqhubeka nokuqapha eduze ukuthuthukiswa kwe-COVID-19 futhi sihlala sixhumene kakhulu nezikhungo zezempilo zomphakathi kanye nohulumeni wobumbano nowezifundazwe.
Uhlolojikelele lwezinsizakalo*
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The Ocean (I-Montréal-Halifax) |
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Abagibeli abakhetha ukushintsha uhlelo lwabo lokuhamba bazokwamukelwa. Ukuze kube nokuvumelana nezimo okukhulu, abagibeli bangakhansela noma balungise ukubhukha kwabo noma nini ngaphambi kokuhamba phakathi nenyanga ka-March no-April futhi bathole imbuyiselo ephelele ngaphezu kokungazikhokhi izindleko zesevisi, kungakhathaliseki ukuthi bathenge nini amathikithi abo. Lokhu kubandakanya lonke uhambo oluya phezulu nokufaka phakathi April 30, 2020, kanye nanoma yikuphi ukuhamba ngemva April 30, 2020, uma isitimela sabo esiphumayo sivuliwe noma ngaphambili April 30, 2020.
Kusukela Mashi 13, lezi zinguquko ezinsizeni zethu ziphumela ekukhanselweni kwezitimela ezingama-388 futhi kuthinta abagibeli abangaphezu kuka-20 000.
