Edited sentence: 1- this type of infrastructure investment cannot be made by private companies and can only be succesfully accomplished by government funding (such as energy development),.2- if well organised, very high speed service (250 km/h+) is always accompanied by significant growth of passengers,.3- important comunication imporvment which renders a country much more attractive for industrial development,.4- the increase of the quality of life: train travel is much safer than any other and the passenger stress levels are very low.At a time when global warming is a truly recognized problem which is truly threathning, this leaves Canada behind with a dangerous dependancy on cars for intercity travels.Canada has ample rivers and lakes to produce all the necessary energy through hydro-power to supply a very large TGV network.Rail development is a prerogative of the Federal Government and the Provinces do depend on its good will.The Canadian government has always refused so far to recognized the value of such project and have not seen the following important key issues related to TGV development:.This also leaves this country with a dependancy on petrol which will run out.With Australia going ahead with a TGV programme, this leaves Canada as the only developped country without a programme