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The federal Liberals intend to pass a new law to “streamline expropriation activities and enable early preconstruction work” on their planned rail line between Toronto and Quebec City, according to a brief mention in the 2026 federal budget. The document gives no details. (The Logic)
Talking point: The government already made it easier to expropriate property for the Alto line in last year’s budget legislation, passed in March 2026, anticipating the need to use thousands of distinct pieces of land either permanently or during construction. Opposition to the project has arisen from multiple quarters, including farmers, residents of small communities along the route and some municipal governments. The Via Rail subsidiary formed to build the line (through a public-private partnership) estimates the total cost of the roughly 1,000-kilometre line between $60 billion and $90 billion.
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