Liberal Minority Government 2025 - ???

[HavokFour]

A bit of a head scratcher. This would service a massive chunk of the countries population (~7,777,205 Canadians).

The seven stops mandated by the federal government are: Toronto, Peterborough, Ottawa, Laval, Que., Montreal, Trois-Rivieres, Que., and Quebec City.

The proposed network would host 72 trains a day running on dedicated electric tracks at speeds of up to 300 km/h, slashing travel times. It would make for a three-hour trip between Toronto and Montreal and less than one hour between Montreal and Ottawa.

This after all the banging he's done about getting projects started.

Poilievre calls for cancellation of multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to cancel a proposed high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[Haggis]

A bit of a head scratcher. This would service a massive chunk of the countries population (~7,777,205 Canadians).



This after all the banging he's done about getting projects started.

Poilievre calls for cancellation of multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to cancel a proposed high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City.

www.ctvnews.ca

I see the early Via train enroute from Montreal to Toronto pretty much every morning. Tons of empty seats in each car because it's reliably late. Maybe fix this and boost ridership before dropping billions on a new line.

 

[daftandbarmy]

I see the early Via train enroute from Montreal to Toronto pretty much every morning. Tons of empty seats in each car because it's reliably late. Maybe fix this and boost ridership before dropping billions on a new line.

Lots of good money can't fix bad management

 

[dapaterson]

I see the early Via train enroute from Montreal to Toronto pretty much every morning. Tons of empty seats in each car because it's reliably late. Maybe fix this and boost ridership before dropping billions on a new line.

Moving from shared to dedicated lines, with half the travel time would be a game changer.

 

[PuckChaser]

A bit of a head scratcher. This would service a massive chunk of the countries population (~7,777,205 Canadians).

There's a huge group of folks opposed to the project. Lots of expropriated land is required. Construction isn't even supposed to start by the end of the decade. How much are tickets going to cost if the rail project needs $90B CAD before the overruns start???

 

[dapaterson]

There's a huge group of folks opposed to the project. Lots of expropriated land is required. Construction isn't even supposed to start by the end of the decade. How much are tickets going to cost if the rail project needs $90B CAD before the overruns start???

How much do we charge in road tolls?

 

[Halifax Tar]

How much do we charge in road tolls?

We should be doing this.

I'm all for user fees. I would prefer this to taxes.

 

[Czech_pivo]

We should be doing this.

I'm all for user fees. I would prefer this to taxes.

In some US states they cover road costs off by gas tax. Need an additional 5 billion in anew road cost, add that proposal during the next vote and list the cost of it as a new 3 cents a gallon tax for 5yrs to pay for it. Afterwards the 3 cent tax is removed.
Similar to a user tax like a road toll.

 

[Halifax Tar]

In some US states they cover road costs off by gas tax. Need an additional 5 billion in anew road cost, add that proposal during the next vote and list the cost of it as a new 3 cents a gallon tax for 5yrs to pay for it. Afterwards the 3 cent tax is removed.
Similar to a user tax like a road toll.

With the proliferation of EVs and Hybrids I suspect our gas usage will be trending down.

But user fees stay the same

 

[Czech_pivo]

With the proliferation of EVs and Hybrids I suspect our gas usage will be trending down.

But user fees stay the same

True!
Another approach to cover off the EV/Hybirds could be 'add' the user fee tax built into the cost of buying new replacement tires. That way you cover off the EV/Hybrid's.

 

[PuckChaser]

How much do we charge in road tolls?

We don't, we have a boat load of federal and provincial gas tax though.

 

[Czech_pivo]

A bit of a head scratcher. This would service a massive chunk of the countries population (~7,777,205 Canadians).



This after all the banging he's done about getting projects started.

Poilievre calls for cancellation of multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to cancel a proposed high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City.

www.ctvnews.ca

Have a look at the ridings outside of the urban ones that will be impacted by this - I suspect that they are Conservative.