His request was accepted, with the measures related to high-speed rail being allowed to pass. Poilievre’s opposition to the high-speed rail network also comes after some of his Conservative MPs representing swaths of rural Ontario voiced their own concerns about the project. According to the Bloc Québécois, the Alto high-speed rail project is becoming a wedge issue in the byelection in Terrebonne, a suburb north-east of Montreal. Bloc Leader Yves-François Blanchet said his party supported the idea of high-speed rail even before the Liberals did. The Bloc leader said it was Poilievre’s right to oppose high-speed rail but hinted he had a double standard when it came to this infrastructure project.

Source: National Post April 02, 2026 13:17 UTC