'Who's going to use this?': Trudeau forces taxpayers to pay for high-speed rail project
Canadian Taxpayers Federation federal director Franco Terrazzano told The Ezra Levant Show that the Trudeau Liberals are forcing taxpayers from across the country to subsidize businesspeople in Ontario and Quebec with the announcement of a costly new high-speed rail project.
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As his time as prime minister dwindles down, Justin Trudeau is forcing Canadian taxpayers to foot the bill for another expensive Liberal pet project: high-speed rail linking Quebec City to Toronto.
Franco Terrazzano, federal director of the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF), joined Thursday night's episode of The Ezra Levant Show to look at how all of Canada is paying for a project linking the Laurentian corridor together — and how Liberal favourite SNC-Lavalin is once again involved.
“Government is not a business; government should get out of the business of business,” Franco told Ezra. “I mean, come on. We're already losing hundreds of millions of dollars every single year failing to run the current government train company that is Via Rail.”
A November 2024 press release from the CTF, detailing how Canada would benefit from a U.S.-style Department of Government Efficiency, notes how Via lost $1.8 billion over the past five years covering its operating expenses.
“Look at this high-speed rail boondoggle. About $4 billion just for planning, the total cost could be as much as $80 billion” Franco said, cautioning the price could very well be higher than that, given previous government mismanagement.
“Who's really going to use this high-speed rail? You know you're going to still fork over what, $100+ to get on this, this is going to be businesspeople,” he added. “So, you have taxpayers subsidizing those folks to take a high-speed rail.”
“Look, if an actual company wants to build a high-speed rail, fill your boots. Why are taxpayers doing this?”
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COMMENTS
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Robert Pariseau commented 2025-02-23 21:14:02 -0500The objective is to punish the very people that are saying no to him. He is the business.
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Bernhard Jatzezck commented 2025-02-22 00:00:29 -0500The objective isn’t to actually finish building, let alone using, it. It’s to stretch the project out for as long as possible and milk it for all it’s worth. Any bets that the contracts will be cost-plus? -
Bruce Atchison commented 2025-02-21 19:46:36 -0500Trudeau wants a legacy but he’s too stupid to know it’ll become a millstone around his neck.
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