Is there opposition to high-speed rail in #Canada?
Yes. The media, loving a conflict narrative, amplifies the voices of the few property-owners who are protesting Alto.
But guess what? A new Abacus poll shows broad, cross-party support for the project.
62% for, only 18% against...
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The study was commissioned by AltNo, a protest group, who can't be happy with the results. The project is especially popular with young people, who are hungry for transport alternatives.
Here's a link to the full report:
https://www.altno.ca/_files/ugd/f1a60d_f91a3f0ada144cb981f03a0da603e347.pdf
Failing Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has urged cancellation of the projectβin spite of the fact that high-speed rail was CPC policy, and only 25% of Conservatives polled oppose it.
I dig into what's behind the attempts to make modern, sustainable transport (high-speed trains now run in 28 countries) into a Canadian culture-war issue in this High Speed dispatch:
@straphanger The campaign works well, unfortunately: one of my friends has gone either reactionary or NIMBY.
She is very active on their facebook page. Facebook facepalm.
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Andrea Bianchi