<![CDATA[Is there opposition to high-speed rail in #Canada?]]>Is there opposition to high-speed rail in ?

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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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/f9f5dbd6-062c-40bd-8704-a1cc79cde30b/is-there-opposition-to-high-speed-rail-in-canadaRSS for NodeFri, 17 Apr 2026 19:45:26 GMTThu, 02 Apr 2026 13:14:49 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Is there opposition to high-speed rail in #Canada? on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:35:43 GMT]]>@straphanger the infection that are nimbys

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pounced-on.me/users/Kuniti_shino/statuses/116335374699696715https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://pounced-on.me/users/Kuniti_shino/statuses/116335374699696715Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:35:43 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is there opposition to high-speed rail in #Canada? on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:30:25 GMT]]>@straphanger A recent Reddit post that partially touches on that topic:

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116267398334895264/statuses/116335353892976318https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116267398334895264/statuses/116335353892976318Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:30:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is there opposition to high-speed rail in #Canada? on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:28:25 GMT]]>@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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Canada lacks gun-control and abortion as stand-ins for substantive debates on things like wealth inequality and land-reform

So we get bike paths

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AccordionBruce/statuses/116335341850801156https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/AccordionBruce/statuses/116335341850801156Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:27:21 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is there opposition to high-speed rail in #Canada? on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:19:27 GMT]]>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:

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Not in My Back Forty!

Every Transport Project Worth Building Faced Protests. Canada's Alto High-Speed Rail Line is No Exception.

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High Speed (www.highspeed.blog)

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/straphanger/statuses/116335310787605966https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/straphanger/statuses/116335310787605966Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:19:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is there opposition to high-speed rail in #Canada? on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:18:37 GMT]]>Failing Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has urged cancellation of the project—in spite of the fact that high-speed rail was CPC policy, and only 25% of Conservatives polled oppose it.

https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/poilievre-calls-for-cancellation-of-multibillion-dollar-high-speed-rail-project/article_ed2a4ab0-e4bf-567c-94e1-9970213bffc5.html

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/straphanger/statuses/116335307509793058https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://urbanists.social/users/straphanger/statuses/116335307509793058Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:18:37 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Is there opposition to high-speed rail in #Canada? on Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:16:07 GMT]]>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

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