Comments on: Atheist Ads on the Horizon in Halifax http://atheistbus.ca/2009/07/10/atheist-ads-on-the-horizon-in-halifax/ There is no god anymore divine than Yourself - Walt Whitman Tue, 26 Jan 2010 01:13:14 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://atheistbus.ca/2009/07/10/atheist-ads-on-the-horizon-in-halifax/comment-page-1/#comment-3605 Kevin Tue, 14 Jul 2009 15:00:16 +0000 http://atheistbus.ca/?p=1347#comment-3605 Actually, Wendy, the SCC found that the municipal transit system in Vancouver *was* a public operation. BC Transit is actually created by statute and controlled by the provincial government. Translink, while run in the fashion of a "private" company, is under the day-to-day control of the Greater Vancouver Regional District and the provincial government, and the vast majority of its board members are government appointees. If it were a truly "private" company, though--like Greyhound or something--then I would agree with you. Actually, Wendy, the SCC found that the municipal transit system in Vancouver *was* a public operation. BC Transit is actually created by statute and controlled by the provincial government. Translink, while run in the fashion of a “private” company, is under the day-to-day control of the Greater Vancouver Regional District and the provincial government, and the vast majority of its board members are government appointees. If it were a truly “private” company, though–like Greyhound or something–then I would agree with you.

]]> By: Wendy http://atheistbus.ca/2009/07/10/atheist-ads-on-the-horizon-in-halifax/comment-page-1/#comment-3603 Wendy Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:37:48 +0000 http://atheistbus.ca/?p=1347#comment-3603 I'm feeling kind of conflicted. Vancouver's transit system is a privately owned business... They should therefore have every right to deny whichever ads they want, and to run whichever ads they want, no matter how bigoted it might make them look. If they were a public operation, however, that would be a different story. On the other hand, I'd be delighted to see the ads on our buses and Skytrains! I’m feeling kind of conflicted. Vancouver’s transit system is a privately owned business… They should therefore have every right to deny whichever ads they want, and to run whichever ads they want, no matter how bigoted it might make them look. If they were a public operation, however, that would be a different story.

On the other hand, I’d be delighted to see the ads on our buses and Skytrains!

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