Poilievre Vows to Scrap Liberal's High-Speed Rail Plan

0:00It's March 31st. From your city to your ears, this has been Kuver News today, powered by AI. Conservative leader Pierre Poyliev just ripped into the Liberal government's high-speed rail plan linking Toronto to Quebec City. He's vowing to kill the whole thing if his party wins the next election. The project from Crown Corporation Alto would stretch over 1,000 kilometers with a price tag between $60 billion and $90 billion. The rail show it as a fully electric line hitting speeds up to 300 kilometers per hour. That could slash trips like Ottawa to Montreal, down to 1 hour from the usual two on current trains. Stops would hit Peterborough, Ottawa, Montreal, Laval, and Troy Riviers. World folks in Ontario and Quebec are pushing back hard, especially farmers worried about land grabs for the tracks. Local groups like the Eastern Ontario Wardens Caucus say there's not enough talk with towns, plus environmental headaches and mismatches with local.

1:01Plans. Places like Mirabelle remember past-force land takes that went nowhere. The Liberals gave alto big powers this year to speed up buying or taking property. They've labeled it a top priority project to cut red tape, aiming shovels in the ground by 2029 or even 2028. First leg from Ottawa to Montreal might not roll till around 2037. We have calls it a massive waste when we built the Canadian Pacific Railway way faster over a century ago. Scrapping in, he says, frees up cash to cut debt taxes and inflation for families. This debates heating up as election talk ramps.