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UPDATED: The Latest News on High Speed Rail in Ontario

Wynne says fast trains the route to economic prosperity Terry Pender - Waterloo Record - April 7th, 2018 -   Premier Kathleen Wynne believes a high-speed rail line will unlock the economic potential of the technology cluster between here and Toronto. "I am very committed to this," said Wynne. During campaign-like appearances in London and Kitchener on Friday, Wynne talked about her government's future vision for the province — a place where high-speed trains carry people to good-paying jobs along the Toronto Waterloo Region Corridor, which is second only to Silicon Valley for the number of tech workers and is responsible for 17 per cent of Canada's GDP. Read the full article HERE . Here’s what the Liberal’s proposed Toronto-Waterloo high-speed rail system would mean for the Waterloo housing market Sarah Niedoba - BuzzNews Canada - April 5th, 2018 - Last week, Ontario’s Liberal government released its proposed budget for the next three years. One of t...

HIGH SPEED RAIL CANADA RELEASE - London - Kitchener - Toronto High Speed Rail Study

High Speed Rail Canada is releasing to the public the previously unreleased March 2014 high speed rail pre-feasibility by United Kingdom based independent transportation consultant First Class Partnerships (FCP) http://www.wireservice.ca/index.php?module=News&func=display&sid=13829 WireService.ca Press Release (12/10/2014) - High Speed Rail Canada is Canada's only advocacy groups dedicated to promoting the modernization of passenger rail in Canada. The March 2014 study by FCP was funded by the Ontario provincial government and examines the London-Kitchener-Toronto high speed rail route. Like the two previous Ontario high speed rail studies not released to the public,High Speed Rail Canada has once again obtained a copy of this new study and is releasing it today to the public before the official government release. High Speed Rail Canada's mandate is to educate people on the benefits of modern passenger rail. They do it through their website, Youtube channel, ...

Kathleen Wynne says Ontario high speed rail possible in a decade

CBC News- Despite no set timeline or allotted funding, a high-speed rail link between London, Kitchener, Pearson International Airport and downtown Toronto is possible in a decade, says Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne. "Yes it is, that's what the engineers and experts have said is possible and that's why the minister of transportation has talked about that time frame, that decade," Wynne said in an interview with Craig Norris on The Morning Edition Tuesday. Wynne's comments are the first the Liberal government has made on high speed rail since the election on June 12, and come a day after the Liberals tabled their budget in the Ontario legislature.