Poilievre Calls for Cancellation of Multibillion-Dollar High-Speed Rail Project

A Via Rail train is seen on tracks in the Montreal suburb of Beaconsfield as it heads out of the city on May 23, 2025. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi

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

Poilievre calls the project a “boondoggle” and said it would waste taxpayer dollars while confiscating farmland.