Mastodawn

Protests have started against Alto, the low-emission, electric-powered high-speed rail project between #Quebec City and #Toronto.

According to Alto, the trains could carry 43M passengers, and bring $35B/yr in economic benefits to #Canada.

Many communities want a station...

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𝚃𝚊𝚛𝚊𝚜 𝙶𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚘𝚎 🚇Mar 9

...but the media is foregrounding farmers, and Conservative politicians, who want to derail the project.

The same has happened in #California, where litigious landowners have stalled high-speed rail, causing costs to skyrocket.

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Dan Sugalski

@straphanger Not too surprising. If Canada's anything like the US your farmers are pretty wealthy and a lot of the media definitely likes platforming the rich.