The 1 000 residents of Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada, are to have no ferry service at all this winter, from 30 November, because the regional government refuses to pay the $60 000 per month cost.
The Scottish Island of Greater Cumbrae, population 1 300 will have 52 crossings per day heavily subsidised by the Scottish Government. All 52 were on time yesterday.
Campobello Island lies at 44.9 deg N, 10 degrees south of Greater Cumbrae at 55.7 deg N.
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Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
SCOTLAND FOREVER
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Governments and the people they supposedly represent have to make decisions about whether their rural communities are worth sustaining or whether it is simply the bottom line that matters.
Despite the efforts or rather lack of from the UK state,the Scottish government has decided that the former matters and have provided funds to enable island
community sustainability.
Sustainability of rural communities is just the tip of a neoliberal sleezeberg where all that matters is the bottom line.
Pretty soon now,people are going to have to decide which direction they want to take as the Tories and their friends in New Labour squeeze public services out of existence and along with it, communities.
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Not sure if the islands are similar as Campobello is attached to the mainland by a road!
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The US mainland so a long drive and 4 border crossing required to get to other parts of Canada. Folk in South Uist made a fuss about having to drive for 40 min to North Uist.
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The ferry is from Campobello to Deer Island, in 2021 it had a population of 718, although 100’s of locals and mainland people are employed in their aquaculture
fisheries, it has the world’s largest lobster pound and plenty of tourism which is
they are promoting….so quite an important large island…….without a ferry.
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Have you seen this from the Socialist Lord who’s other Lord sent back the money which could have dualled A9 A96 and other projects, hypocrite who is still robbing the Tax payer.
https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/politics/6270727/taxpayers-robbed-by-overbudget-ferry-construction-lord-robertson-warns/
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I would take everything that Robertson says with a pinch of salt……
A hypocritical warmongering unionist (unelected) lord who needs to protect his
peerage and dark money!!!
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