Carney’s high-speed rail ‘very perilous territory’ for Liberals, say some pundits and pollsters

The government should instead focus more on transit in major urban centres as it would address residents’ immediate concerns about traffic while also delivering electoral benefits, says Innovative Research president Greg Lyle.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, pictured recently on the Hill, has praised the Alto project as being 'more cost-effective, it’s more sustainable, it’s connecting our communities, it’s going to be faster.'

Prime Minister Mark Carney government’s much-touted high-speed rail project, with an estimated cost of $60–$90 billion, carries significant political risk, according to political insiders, who say that instead of prioritizing this large-scale mega project, billed as one ...

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