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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau tours the New Flyer manufacturing plant in Winnipeg in 2016. Alex Boston writes that if the Trudeau government's investments in 'expensive light rail infrastructure were conditional on clear intensification requirements, socio-economic costs would be minimized, and benefits maximized.'Photograph courtesy of the Prime Minister's Office

Opinion

BY ALEX BOSTON

April 9, 2018

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