Liberal Government BURIED $243 Billion?!

Tap The Maple | Bakes On Things · Oct 4, 2026 · 20m

Canada's Alto high-speed rail project was supposed to cost between $60 billion and $90 billion. Now the Parliamentary Budget Officer estimates the baseline could reach $113 billion, and its uncertainty analysis contains an astonishing upper-tail number: $243 BILLION.

And that's only the beginning.

The proposed Kingston route isn't included in the baseline estimate. The final route isn't settled. The PBO estimates every additional year before construction begins could add roughly $1.5 billion. Ottawa has already committed billions to the development phase, while the PBO's separate analysis…