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Poilievre Calls for Cancellation of Multibillion-Dollar High-Speed Rail Project
Poilievre calls the plan a $60 billion to $90 billion boondoggle and warns it could force hundreds of land expropriations.
- Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has called for cancelling the high-speed rail project linking Toronto and Quebec City, describing it as a costly $60 to $90 billion 'boondoggle' and expressing concerns over property expropriation.
- The Crown corporation Alto leads the project and plans to start construction between Ottawa and Montreal near the end of the decade, aiming to reduce travel time between major cities.
- Alto has begun contacting property owners to conduct assessments, with possible expropriation and legal changes in place to speed up federal land acquisition.
- The project has support from Ontario Premier Doug Ford, Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe, and Peterborough city council, while Prime Minister Mark Carney suggested it could be declared a 'national interest' project.
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Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre asked the federal government to cancel the proposed high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City.
Pierre Poilievre opposed "Mark Carney's $90 billion Liberal TGV project." He called for the project to be cancelled.
Poilievre Urges Federal Government to Cancel Toronto-Quebec High-Speed Rail Project
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to cancel a proposed high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City. Speaking to reporters in Peterborough, Ont., on Tuesday, Poilievre called the project a "boondoggle" that would waste taxpayer dollars. "Carney Liberals will confiscate farmland and private property, disrupting communities and harming the quality of life of local residents who will not even get to u…
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