In my lifetime, Pierre Poilievre, is the most negative Canadian party leader I have encountered. Pierre has come out against the ALTO high-speed rail project. The contradictions in his recent press conference showed just how little he knows on the subject and on the past and present situation of passenger and freight rail in this country. The following is my critique on Pierre’s high-speed rail press conference. Ignores Party Policy The official 2023 Conservative Party Declaration supports high-speed rail. I received several emails at the time from party members stating this as proof the Conservatives support the high-speed rail. Poilievre’s anti high-speed rail stance, as the Conservative party leader, ignored what the Conservative members wanted and voted on. No surprise to me, but maybe to the members that voted for it. Praising the building of the CPR Transcontinental Railway in just 4 yrs These statements by Pierre show just how ignorant he is of our past railway his...

Thanks to Greg Gormick for letting us know about the June 16th 2016 House of Commons Standing Committee on Public Accounts/Comité permanent des comptes publics hearings and subsequent evidence. The hearings focused on the previous Auditor General of Canada report on VIA Rail and featured senior VIA Rail management being asked questions by the committee. Topics such as: the need for enabling passenger rail legislation, VIA Rail's problems running on CN track and the High Frequency Rail idea are discussed. High Speed Rail Canada has published the evidence from this hearing on their google drive for the public to view and download. Click HERE for english version. Click HERE for french version. The hearings are only as good the politicians sitting on the committee. Unfortunately partisan Tory politician  Hon. Pierre Poilievre and his outdated opinions on high speed rail add little value to the committee. The All Aboard St. Mary's rail advocacy group has issued a press r...