Harper to help Honduras put up 'Open for Business' sign

The prime minister's visit two years after a controversial coup is seen as supporting a new hemispheric friend.

Published August 10, 2011

For the past week, Prime Minister Stephen Harper has been touring Latin America. His first stop was in Brazil, where he sought to strengthen business ties with the emerging economy of 190 million consumers. Free trade partners Colombia and Costa Rica were next on the itinerary.

But on Aug. 12, Mr. Harper will become the first world leader to visit Honduras since it was re-admitted into the Organization...

03/16/12 at 06:03 pm

New subject line: Subway iosentexn; too many stops?Looking at the map in the Toronto Star Sat. March 3rd page A4 I cannot help but wonder why so many statons? Sheppard West Station located on the GO train line so I guess that is good however, why another station at Finch West? Couldn't buses be routed to/from Sheppard West? Then the York U station, good enough but why another at Steeles West? Again, could the Steeles buses not be routed via York U? Highway 407 Transitway Station, what is this for and again couldn't it be combined with another station?If there were less stations in the far outreaches of the line a faster service could be provided which would be advantageous in attracting new riders from afar instead of stopping and starting over and over again to say nothing of saving tens or hundreds of millions of dollars in construction costs and operating expenses. Help me understand this.Steve: I will take these in order:Sheppard West is the biggest joke of all and only makes sense in the context of some massive future redevelopment at Downsview Park. The next time the Pope visits, they will have a subway station for him, but otherwise projected ridership here is lower than any existing station. The construction and operating costs of this relative to any future use will be enormous. This really is a situation where provision should be roughed in for a future station, but nothing actually built just as they did at North York Centre.Finch West is actually at an intersection and is a useful place for a station. Stations should be where people are.York U station is in the university grounds, but the university doesn't want any additional traffic such as connecting buses coming into their campus. The whole idea is to get rid of the herds of buses that are there today.Steeles West station connects with the Steeles bus and serves a huge parking lot in best TTC fashion. This made a lot more sense before the line was extended.The two stations in Vaughan are at highways. The one at 407 is intended to connect with east west transit service, although I have problems with stations that serve highways, not local roads because they are entirely dependent on feeder services. As for Highway 7, that's a local arterial road. It really needs a name much as we call Highway 11 Yonge Street. This will be a major development centre.

Harper to help Honduras put up 'Open for Business' sign

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