The Federal Defence Minister is weighing in on the loss of the Maritimes only regional bus service.
Peter MacKay says the provincial governments need to get involved in keeping Acadian Lines from leaving the Maritimes.
“It appears that regulations at the provincial level are one of the impediments for Acadian Lines or other future bus lines so I am hopeful we'll see some willingness to be flexible and adjust certain regulations to allow continuation of a bus line in Atlantic Canada,” says MacKay
On Tuesday the company announced it will be shutting down operations at the end of the year leaving passengers without access to their own transportation , no way to get around.
The company says it can no longer afford to offer inter-provincial service between Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and P.E.I.
"We've worked hard over the last few years to try to implement a sustainable network, to gain flexibility in the regulatory and operational framework and obtain support to allow us to reduce our financial losses but to no avail," Groupe Orleans Express CEO Denis Andlauer said in a statement late Tuesday.
About 120 people will lose their jobs as a result of the closure.
The service is scheduled to cease operations Nov. 30, 2012.
