Tabled Tuesday, the budget says legislative changes will streamline approvals and reduce regulatory uncertainty for the planned high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City.
Prime Minister Mark Carney announced in September that the government would speed up engineering and regulatory work on the project to get construction underway within four years.
We are already decades behind on rail. Given Canada’s track record on this, we will probably debate and delay the project until it is significantly outdated by the time it is completed.