LIVE UPDATES: Farmers rise up against the Liberals' $90 billion Alto project

Today in Rigaud, Quebec, farmers facing land seizures by the Carney government have gathered to protest the project.

Alexandra Lavoie
  |   September 19, 2026   |   News   |   2 Comments

 

Ottawa is pressing ahead with the ALTO high-speed rail project — a proposed 300 km/h line linking Toronto to Quebec City at an estimated cost of $90 billion — despite mounting concerns about land expropriation, farmland disruption, oversight, and the risk of massive cost overruns.

Today in Rigaud, Quebec, farmers facing land seizures by the Carney government have gathered to protest the project. Keep up with our live coverage on X, or follow along below: 

Sign the petition to stop the Alto rail line!

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Goal: 15,000 signatures
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Ottawa is advancing ALTO — a proposed 300 km/h rail line from Toronto to Quebec City — with a projected cost of $90 billion and no guarantee that'll be the end of it.

The plan would carve a 1,000-kilometre corridor up to 60 metres wide through productive farmland and private property, dividing communities and affecting families who receive little to no benefit. In many stretches, there are no rural stations planned at all.

Other megaprojects have spiralled in cost and delay. Meanwhile, consultations are closing quickly, and concerns remain about expropriation, oversight, and accountability.

Before billions more are committed and land is permanently disrupted, Canadians deserve transparency and a full public debate.

Will you sign?

Alexandra Lavoie

Quebec based Journalist

Alexa graduated with a degree in biology from Laval University. Throughout her many travels, she has seen political instability as well as corruption. While she witnessed social disorder on a daily basis, she has always been a defender of society’s most vulnerable. She’s been around the world several times, and now joins Rebel News to shed light on today’s biggest stories.

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  • Fran g
    commented 2026-09-22 11:27:14 -0400
    Hes only done a few good things when pressured to(Pollieuves ideas), Talk talk talk is all he has otherwise. The odd thing he is following through like this Alto is devastating and wasteful.
  • Bernhard Jatzeck
    commented 2026-09-19 13:32:38 -0400
    Interesting timing, isn’t it? First, Carney wants to sell out his country to the E. U. for considerably more than 30 pieces of silver and now this.

    But, “Elbows up, ’cuz Orange Man bad!”