Poilievre calls for cancellation of multibillion-dollar high-speed rail project

A high-speed train passes through a city station at night, representing modern rail infrastructure.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to cancel a proposed high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City.

Speaking to reporters in Peterborough, Ont., on March 31, Poilievre called the project a “boondoggle” that would waste taxpayer dollars.

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