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Originally Posted by Truenorth00
I'm also not sure why you think their schedule is unrealistic. The barriers here are mostly regulatory. If the feds sweep them away, things move faster. That's true of more than just rail.
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1) They don’t have a route, not even a rough one. The fact that everyone was talking about Peterborough until a few weeks ago and now they are talking about Kingston confirms this. Greenfield rail projects, anywhere in the Western world take many years AFTER a route is finalized.
2). Is there any evidence the Feds are willing to sweep away barriers? There isn’t even an implementation bill or regulatory body yet. Carney has given no indication he is willing to play hardball with indigenous groups. He has given no indication he is willing to streamline environmental assessments or waive the requirement for one. We are in a legal system where courts are blocking Waterloo Region (for 4 years) from building a new train station on land it owns because there is a homeless camp there.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener...residents-kitchener-encampment-9.7208419
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