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The Canadian High-Speed Rail Files

An attempt to assemble publicly available information on the Alto High-Speed Rail project.

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“For Information Only”: Why Alto’s Board sets CEO Salary and Why other Crown Corporations Do Not

The Canada Infrastructure Bank's executive pay was in the press for years, and the pay ceiling came down. Alto pays more in cash than the bank ever has, and no minister has to approve it at all.

Alto and Canada’s Secret Plan to Re-Organize Land Ownership Throughout Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec

Am I the only one who bothers reading the Alto Corporate Plan?

Alto Bidders Proposed What They Want to Build and Where to Build It: Commissions and Experts Warn Not To Do That

A preview of the next public inquiry.

Nobody voted for this and the laws do not exist.

Canada does have rules about crossings. Alto's briefing deck argues they are a century out of date.

When a high-speed train comes to town, what do communities get

Part 6 of 7: Britain pays neighbours who lose value but no land. Canada offers nothing — and the community grant programme excludes farmers and small businesses by definition.

When Alto closes a crossing the tractor goes on the road

Part 5 of 7: This is the instalment for people who do not farm. Closing farm crossings moves heavy machinery onto public roads, and the collision figures are not close.

Alto and rural roads: Cows walk twice a day

Part 4 of 7.

What rural roads stay open: Canada is not Europe

Part 3 of 7.

Which rural roads stay open: how other counties decide and it’s not what Alto is doing

Part 2 of my rural roads series.

Alto: Which farm roads stay open and who pays?

This is part 1 of a series for farmers.

What else is the Alto corridor for? Data, Energy, Land and Freight Capacity.

What you need to know

Why is Alto Exempt from the Usual Ethics Rules?

What you need to know

Provincial Governments are Integral to the Alto Project and Need More Attention

Ontario is apparently "reconsidering" its support for Alto. What has its role been to-date and what powers does the province have?