Peterborough mayor slams Poilievre’s opposition to Alto high-speed rail | kawarthaNOW

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  1. > The last time the Conservatives destroyed a national building project was the Avro Arrow in 1959. That shortsighted decision devastated Canada’s aerospace industry.

    From the mayor.

  2. I can’t believe this muppet is still leader. He is seriously out of touch and will hand the Liberals a majority for as long as he’s in charge. Is he seriously the best the cons can do?

  3. Oil pipeline: we don’t care that BC/Quebec/First Nations are against them. Bulldoze their opposition and get it done no matter the cost or the risk. Who cares about the environment?

    High speed rail (that every other G7 country has): we can’t do that, what about the wetlands farmland and the NIMBY’s?

  4. Incoming floor crossing from an MP along the route. Conservatives are really trying to speed run a liberal majority

  5. One_Resolution_3355 on

    I agree with Poilievre because:

    1. $90B is a massive price tag

    2. This route is already covered by Via Rail

    3. The new train would still take 3 hours to get from Toronto to Montreal versus the current 5 hours. $90B to shave off a couple of hours is a lot. If this was a true very high speed train that hit 300mph like the ones in Asia and turned it into a 1 hour trip I would be a lot more interested.

    4. The possibility of cost overruns is very real. Look at what happened with the California high speed rail boondoggle

  6. AliasCapricious on

    Insane policy from the cons. That cements my vote against them next time around.

  7. ZealousidealHead5488 on

    Eglinton LRT cost 13 billion dollars to build original cost was 5 billion dollars so the estimate of this rail project will be far higher than “estimate” ! That’s how government works!

  8. MapleDollars24 on

    Why are we all of a sudden in a world where the opposition leader who is likely not going to be. Thinks he’s going to get elected with a looming majority government. Maybe he should focus on working with the liberals instead of the next election. Which is likely 3 years away

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