Alto Reaffirms the Importance of High Speed Rail to Canada and Its Commitment to Agricultural Communities

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For months, Alto has met with thousands of people and hundreds of organizations across the corridor. One important finding is a shared desire to develop the project while minimizing impacts on farmers and others who could be affected by the future railway alignment. Behind the corridors under study are families, farmland that has been cultivated for generations and businesses that support our regions.

MONTREAL, Nov. 12, 2026 /CNW/ -- For months, Alto has met with thousands of people and hundreds of organizations across the corridor. One important finding is a shared desire to develop the project while minimizing impacts on farmers and others who could be affected by the future railway alignment. Behind the corridors under study are families, farmland that has been cultivated for generations and businesses that support our regions. We are developing the project with their realities in mind.

High-speed rail is the best choice for Canada. Alto and Cadence are working with the communities involved to develop a project that takes their realities into account.

For the train to truly change the way people travel, it has to be much faster, while also being frequent, reliable and affordable. That's what high speed does: it reduces travel times enough to offer a real alternative to cars and planes.

In addition to significantly reducing travel times, high-speed rail will have major socio-economic benefits, bringing cities closer together while giving workers greater access to jobs and businesses greater access to talent. This is an investment for the coming decades, with benefits that go far beyond transportation.

Contrary to the proposals put forward by the UPA and others, we cannot simply add more passenger trains to existing tracks owned by CN, CPKC or CFQG. Freight trains have priority on these tracks. Slowing or interrupting freight trains during construction or operation would have serious consequences for the Canadian economy, including for businesses' ability to export goods, and for Canadian farm operations.

For a new rail service to be fast, reliable and frequent and generate the desired benefits, a new network is needed. And for it to generate the benefits that justify these efforts, frequency alone is not enough; travel times must also be significantly reduced.

That is the choice made by some 20 countries that have invested heavily in passenger rail.

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