Montréal very active. They pitch their bid at the last LPC convention. They have already identified a few spots. The fact Isabelle Hudon helped land this for Canada and her ties with Montréal I do consider Montréal the front runner. Toronto the obvious choice but I dont see the city very active...

Thanks for all the details. Very much appreciated. Seems I was way too optimistic and naive.

Maybe a stupid question. But with the taxes exemption from both levels of governments, plus the announcement from the feds and the government of Ontario to lower development charges should we see an uptick of the condo market housing start in the coming months? I know will take a while for the...

Are we sure the video was not edited? Many have points out in the video comments some edits impacting time and I think this also. But great news if the line making improvements. For 10KM should be under 30 minutes but considering everything, any time saving a “win”.

However, the trains are longer in Montreal. Approx.150 meters. The maximum length of the crosstown considering the current platforms would be approx 90 meters (30m per 3 cars).

Competitive a low bar in my opinion! We dont build HSR to be simply competitive.

Common! Everything I say you try to twist. I specifically said I understand the rationale why Ottawa was included. But I can be disappointed in the slow travel time between Montreal and Toronto for HSR considering it’s Canada’s two biggest cities. Things are not always black and white. I simply...

Ottawa to Toronto will be 2h09 according to Alto. So proportionally the same with Montreal would be ideal. To clarify I am not saying it should be 2h09 between Montreal and Toronto since Montreal a bit further but should have been proportionally the same.

Totally agree. This is why I mentioned HSR will be more frequent and reliable. But considering the trains will go up to 300km an hour on dedicated lanes and considering the trip duration of the other segments, I do feel the travel time between Montreal and Toronto is disappointing for HSR. But...

I never said every train has to stop at every station. I even mentioned the stopping patterns multiple times.

Of course it will be competitive. I also mentioned that but it’s a fair criticism it should have been faster than the plane. When you look at the travel time in the other segments it’s awesome but Toronto to Montreal not as much when it’s the segment that can benefits the most being faster.

Personally, I talked about it because currently 7 stations are planned for 1000 KM of track and two stops will be approx only 20-30KM apart depending where the stop will be in Laval. This is odd and Laval already well connected to Montréal. Furthermore initial travel times released by Alto...

Your acting in bad faith. I mentioned Laval have EXO, the REM and the three Metro stations in Laval making Laval pretty covered overall with all theses pieces together. Furthermore, Montmorency to Bonaventure would be under 30 minutes pretty good for almost 20 KM. My initial reaction was...

So why it’s not foolish to ignore Toronto suburbs also en route and bigger than Laval something I have pointed out many time (that you keep ignoring). Scarborough and Durham region both bigger than Laval and not on the initial map when Laval was included even going back to February. Something...

Because at this point in time it’s not on the map. Of course things can change but Laval was always part of the plan and for Toronto currently it isn’t. It’s puzzling Laval a priority being the only suburb included in the project so far. It’s possible it’s because they have not made the...