HIGH-SPEED FANTASY: Rural fury as impending ‘Alto’ land grab triggers gathering of 500 farmers, residents

Opposition meets Alto high-speed rail project

Canada’s Alto high-speed rail project has run into opposition from rural groups as well as the leader of the Official Opposition, Pierre Poilievre.   The Alto high-speed rail project aims to connect Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Québec City with high-speed rail.   Announced in 2025 by the Trudeau government and designated as a project in the national interest by the Carney government, a consortium of major corporations and investors have current…

HIGH-SPEED FANTASY: Rural fury as impending ‘Alto’ land grab triggers gathering of 500 farmers, residents

Ottawa granted itself more power to take land for a $90-billion high-speed train that you will never use and will rip through your countryside Nelson Zandbergen Farmers Forum NAVAN — Around 500 Eastern Ontario farmers and rural landowners were left aghast and agog when told the federal Liberal government granted itself new powers to make […]