02-20-2025, 10:12 AM
(02-20-2025, 09:21 AM)westwardloo Wrote:(02-20-2025, 02:05 AM)danbrotherston Wrote: Anyone want to take a bet on this one?
I don't like the odds, but I am hopeful that cooler head prevail and we see this moved forward through design. Once we have the design work 100% done, I think the business case is there for HSR, it will just be about convincing the public to spend 100+b on a rail line. We may have to build it section at a time. Montreal to Ottawa Phase 1, Ottawa to Toronto Phase 2, starting halfway through phase 1, Quebec to Montreal Phase 3, starting once phase 1 is operational.
Might be easy from a public perception to build 3 $40 billion project than 1 $120 billion project.
The only way this thing proceeds past an announcement of funds is for Carney and the Liberals to win the next election or win enough seats to keep PP and the Conservatives to a small minority. This project seems like a big win for the people of Ontario and Quebec.
Yeah, I mean, given the timing (before an election) this seems like a dubious proposal. I also think the timing of "immediately before a trade war with the worlds biggest superpower" makes it pretty unlikely to get funded, even if the liberals won and wanted to do it.