Opposition to the Alto High-Speed Rail project is growing across the proposed corridors. Community groups, conservation organizations, agricultural stakeholders, and elected officials at all levels have raised their voices.
Key issues include negative impacts to communities (eg expropriation, reduced road access, and longer emergency response times), the environment (harm to wildlife, water systems, and protected areas), and agriculture (loss of prime farmland and disrupted operations). Many question the project’s real cost, proposed stops, and lack of a clear business case.
We are calling for a re-evaluation of the project, with the needs of local communities and the long-term interests of Canadians reflected as paramount in any decisions.
Many of our elected federal, provincial and municipal representatives and town councils have yet to make official statements.
We’re waiting! Where do you stand??

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MP Jean-Denis Garon, Mirabel QC
Why does the government consider that suspending sections 8, 9, 10 and 11 of the Expropriation Act wouldn't make sense for all projects in Canada, but that it would make sense for the Alto project?
- House of Commons, Feb 9 2026
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Doug Ford, Ontario Premier
"Don’t start taking farmers land and everything else out; just follow the 401 corridor, it makes sense"
- News conference, March 16 (CBC)
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Julie Seguin, Hawkesbury Councillor
“Farmland is not an empty space. It is a long-term investment, food security infrastructure, regulated soil, and the foundation of our rural tax base,”
- The Review, March 2 2026

