Former federal transportation minister, David Collenette will take the lead to bring high-speed rail to Ontario. Ontario Transport Minister Kathryn McGarry and Kitchener Centre MPP Daiene Vernile announced Tuesday that Collenette will chair the provincial government's high-speed advisory team. "You build these high-speed rail links not because it's the fashionable thing to do. The first high-speed rail line between London and Toronto could be running by 2025, with the London-to-Windsor connection to follow by 2031. Before being appointed the project lead, Collenette has served as a special advisor to the high-speed rail advisory team since 2015.

Source: CBC News February 14, 2018 01:06 UTC