Feds looking for Canadian steel supplier to keep high-speed rail project on track

Canadian suppliers do not produce rail-grade steel, and the Liberal co-chair of the All-Party Steel Caucus says he's actively engaging with the industry to build up domestic capacity because 'the old world is not coming back.'
Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon announced on Dec.12, 2025, that the first phase of Canada’s planned high-speed rail network project will run between Ottawa and Montreal.

Despite the federal government using a “hurry-up offence” to advance the multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project, a lack of domestic production of rail-grade steel may find the project at odds with the feds' "Buy Canadian" push. But the Liberal co-lead of the parliam...

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