RIPPED OFF ON THE RAILS: Mark Carney's $4.6B VIA Rail Deal EXPOSED As Boondoggle

Tap The Maple | Bakes On Things · Sep 6, 2026 · 29m

Mark Carney’s government has announced a massive $4.7 BILLION VIA Rail deal for 313 new passenger cars, proudly promoting Canadian manufacturing, nearly 700 jobs and more than $1.6 billion in economic benefits.

But then I checked what other countries are paying.

And that's where this announcement gets VERY interesting.

Portugal recently ordered hundreds of rail cars from the SAME manufacturer, Alstom, while also getting Portuguese manufacturing capacity and hundreds of jobs. The headline cost per rail car is dramatically different.

Then we looked at passenger rail contracts in the Czech…