I have a very different perspective.  As an employer it is tough to have employees on this schedule.  They are tired and feel that they have really worked hard, but what you are talking is 9 to not quite 5.  In most downtown professions these are country club hours. note your Brantford man works for the Ontario government.

Here is the start reality, work on the train is not as valuable as work in the office, collaborative work, that gets seen and rewarded.  

In addition to the hue time commitment therefore, the other big cost is in career advancement.