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- Alto, Canada’s Crown corporation, will proceed with the Toronto-Quebec City high-speed rail despite Parti Québécois opposition.
- Construction of the first segment is scheduled for 2029.
- The Parliamentary Budget Office estimates total cost between $75 billion and $113 billion.
- Quebec premier-designate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says the money should fund hospitals, roads and transit.
- A spring Abacus poll showed 62 percent of Canadians support the project, with 25 percent strongly supporting it.