Feds will go to Kitchener City Hall tomorrow to fight for Fed Bus. They are not talking to the city, the Ontario highway Transport Board is just using city council chamber for the licence hearing.

• Feds said that Greyhound recently applied for approval to a route that competes with another carrier arguing that competition was good. That argument can well apply to this situation.
• Greyhound can’t argue that Fed Bus will hurt them economically because it has already been operating.
• Because of their commitment to other routes, Greyhound doesn’t have the same flexibility of capacity. Feds and STC say they can run several more buses when demand is higher. This issue was discussed at the March hearing.

Feds delay budget for Fed bus hearing and call for student support

Students’ Council isn’t hearing the budget this month because of uncertainty about whether Feds will get revenue from Fed Bus. Feds didn’t include Fed Bus profit in its budget until after I wrote about the issue (Feds financial malfeasance 25 July 2002). Prior to that they were hiding it and using it as budget padding.

Feds likely won’t hear the result this week though. The last ruling said that the board tries to respond in two weeks.