The Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced that, for the first time in four decades, VIA Rail passenger cars will be built in Canada. The federal government is investing more than $4.7 billion for VIA Rail to acquire and maintain 313 new passenger rail cars from Alstom Canada.
Still “proposed” https://www.canada.ca/en/privy-council/major-projects-office/projects/other/referred/alto.html
And PQ (Québec) are poised to shiv it if elected:
PQ CBC
Support is dropping. I expect a minority.