If enough people want to travel to/from Belgium then there will be an operator there to provide the service THAT is public transport.
Taxpayers should not be forced to pay for a service that they dont want.
As for EI we might as well be honest with ourselves. cutting staff in proportion to capactity cuts solves nothing. There is a market out there for EI but its a poorly run company with too much union influence. THe focus should be on protecting EI jobs in the long term and that would require radical change now.