{"id":782487,"date":"2026-07-05T20:55:42","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/782487\/"},"modified":"2026-07-05T20:55:42","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T20:55:42","slug":"you-said-it-hit-the-brakes-on-high-speed-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/782487\/","title":{"rendered":"YOU SAID IT: Hit the brakes on high-speed train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Article contentHIT THE BRAKES ON HIGH-SPEED TRAIN<\/p>\n<p>Re: EDITORIAL: On the horns of a unicorn dilemma. Is Alto a nation-builder or a waste of money? Online, June 24<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>With an estimated cost of $60 billion to $90 billion, the Alto high-speed rail project likely will be plagued by serious cost overruns, judging the Liberals\u2019 past record. With 13 vice-presidents already, the cost for management alone is staggering.<\/p>\n<p>Much prime farmland and many small businesses will be destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Bottom line, this project is intended by Mark Carney to keep his voters happy in Quebec and Ontario. Those in Western Canada will be sharing in the humongous cost without being able to have any benefits from it.<\/p>\n<p>There are far more urgently pressing things needing addressing than this outlandish, costly Carney boondoggle.<\/p>\n<p>LARRY COMEAU<br \/>OTTAWA<\/p>\n<p>HARD TIMES AND HIGH SPEED<\/p>\n<p>We ordinary people don\u2019t purchase anything unless we have the finances for it. All across Canada, we are finding it difficult to make ends meet with housing and food costs constantly increasing.<\/p>\n<p>The Liberals don\u2019t seem to realize that we are having hard times, so they are willing to spend $90 billion for an unnecessary high-speed train.<\/p>\n<p>A pipeline across Canada is necessary to share our God-given gift of needed fuel with the world. Our tax dollars should go toward a Canadian pipeline instead of a train for only Quebec and Ontario.<\/p>\n<p>Article content<\/p>\n<p>FRAN DAWSON<br \/>WOODLAWN<\/p>\n<p>NO CUP FOR BRADY<\/p>\n<p>Re: Why so angry, Sens fans? Letter to the editor, online, June 27<\/p>\n<p>To the letter writer who thinks Brady Tkachuk deserves to win Lord Stanley\u2019s Cup, how about his former teammates and all the fans who supported him for eight years? Justice would be for Brady never to win a Stanley Cup.<\/p>\n<p>DAVE BLAKE<\/p>\n<p>HAVE YOUR SAY<\/p>\n<p data-async=\"\">Your letters are welcome, at:\u00a0<a data-evt-val=\"{\" control_fields=\"\" link=\"\" data-evt=\"click\" data-evt-typ=\"click\" href=\"mailto:OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca\">OttSun.Oped@sunmedia.ca<\/a>.\u00a0Include your first and last name\u00a0AND city\/town. Keep your letters short \u2014 and please\u00a0try to be civil, even when criticizing or disagreeing. We edit for accuracy, length, clarity and legal concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Read More<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-stop-the-insanity-tear-it-down\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Prime Minister Mark Carney, with architect Moshe Safdie, board chair of the Rideau Hall Foundation Robert Prichard, and Minister of Government Transformation, Public Works and Procurement Jo\u00ebl Lightbound, takes part in a press conference at 24 Sussex in Ottawa June 25, 2026. \" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1783284941_609_24-sussex0349_303948670.jpg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Stop the insanity, tear it down<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/ottawasun.com\/opinion\/letters\/you-said-it-ford-falls-into-his-ring-of-fire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Transportation Minister Prabmeet Sarkaria, left, Premier Doug Ford and Webequie Chief Lorraine Whitehead unveil a road sign during a ground-breaking ceremony held on June 25, 2026.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/0626-lf-ont-ring-2.lf_303947302.jpeg\"  class=\"lazyload\" height=\"96\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"96\"\/> <\/p>\n<p>YOU SAID IT: Ford falls into his Ring of Fire<\/p>\n<p> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Share this article in your social network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Article contentHIT THE BRAKES ON HIGH-SPEED TRAIN Re: EDITORIAL: On the horns of a unicorn dilemma. 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