"Natural gas is much cheaper than electricity to operate...and no subsidy from the government would be required. This "no subsidy" factor would be a good thing for the Ontario government to sell the package to the voters"

Hi goldhunter. This may have changed with the ONTC 'new deal', but I recall that as per Frank Smeenk's initial plan, the Railway was also to be built with private-only funding (super flow-trough shares and low-interest long-term loans), and would be managed by a First Nations entity...

GLTA.