This is a page from the 2019 Canadian general election.
Looking for a different election? Click here.
Transit & Transportation

Rail platforms

Here's what the 2019 Canadian election parties are promising.
We don't have any Liberal policies on Rail.
We don't have any Conservative policies on Rail.
We don't have any NDP policies on Rail.
We don't have any Bloc policies on Rail.

Green

  • Invest $600m in 2020-21, rising to $720m by 2023, to develop regional and inter-regional rail networks.
  • Build high-speed rail in the Toronto-Ottawa-Quebec City triangle and the Calgary-Edmonton corridor.
  • Develop a Green Freight Transport programme and fund track re-routing.

Read more

Enact the Via Rail Act to implement a passenger rail transportation policy. Invest $600 million in 2020-21, rising to $720 million by 2023 to develop regional rail networks and strengthen rail connections between regions. This will include building several sections of 10 km of track to avoid bottlenecks where heavy freight pushes passenger rail to the siding.

Build high-speed rail in the Toronto-Ottawa-Quebec City triangle and the Calgary-Edmonton corridor.

Develop a Green Freight Transport program to address greenhouse gas emissions and pollution in partnership with the freight industry, shipping companies and delivery businesses. Fund the re-routing of tracks for freight and rail yards away from populated areas and strengthen Canada’s rail safety rules, giving regulators the tools they need to protect neighbourhoods from train shipments of hazardous materials.

From Election Platform 2019, retrieved 2019-09-22.

Read less

We don't have any PPC policies on Rail.

Looking for the parties' positions on other topics?

See our full 2019 Canadian election platform comparison