Canada is in the same boat as most of USA
I admire you dimonic, for your comments of July 9th, that you appreciate the progress making effort done by Amtrak for the Philadelphia - New York fast track NE corridor train. Until recently I too was envious of the entire world making train progress except for USA. Here in the USA there is a lot of political opposition to modernization of trains. But Obama and his visionary team has made this effort possible. California, Colarado and some of the other States are thinking progressively, while the general thought is to wear a dumb hat and do nothing! I am just as angry and frustrated as you are.