Building high-speed rail was in the Conservative Party platform.
Pandering to rural base, and fossil-fuel interests, the desperate Pierre Poilievre, more unpopular than ever, comes out against the all-electric Alto train project.
Not to worry: after his love-fest with Joe Rogan and vacay in the US, Canadians no longer take him seriously.
https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/poilievre-calls-for-cancellation-of-multibillion-dollar-high-speed-rail-project/article_ed2a4ab0-e4bf-567c-94e1-9970213bffc5.html
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