Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to cancel a proposed high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City.
While just north of Rice Lake, with MP Phillip Lawrence on Tuesday, Poilievre called the project a “boondoggle” and says it would waste taxpayer dollars while confiscating farmland.
Alto, the Crown corporation overseeing the project, estimates the total cost of the project will be between $60 and $90 billion.
Construction of the first phase of the 1,000 km rail line, linking Montreal and Ottawa, is set to kick off in 2029 or 2030.
