Corruption SNC-Lavalin (rebranded as AtkinsRéalis) is selected to develop 300 km/h Toronto – Québec high speed railway

[Nink]

No amount of exposure ends this horrid corruption.

Cadence consortium selected to develop 300 km/h Toronto – Québec high speed railway

CANADA: The Cadence consortium has been selected to co-design and build, finance, operate and maintain a 300 km/h high speed railway between Toronto and Québec City, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced. Cadence comprises public infrastructure developer CDPQ Infra, engineering firm...

www.railwaygazette.com

 

[ex_libris]

As in California, not a foot of track will be laid but the proper wheels greased. I'll probably be in the ground before this happens.

 

[RightOfSask]

Project promoter Alto, renamed from VIA HFR, will now sign a contract with Cadence setting out the terms of the co-development phase of the project. This will see the government spend C$3·9bn over six years from 2024-25, in addition to C$371·8m provided in the 2024 budget.

Already greased with almost $4.4 billion and that just for the "co-development" stage. Nothing build, billions already spent.

 

[Chobes]

No one asked for this.

 

[border_humper]

who’s traveling from Toronto to Quebec City regularly? Why not Windsor to Shawinigan?

 

[Hirudinea]

Why the fuck to I bother paying taxes? Why don't I just send the money to SNC-Lavalin and cut out the middle man?

 

[RightOfSask]

Cutting out the middle man would be driving to Quebec and throwing it out the window.

 

[Nink]

I was joking elsewhere that this would be sold to private interests for 1/5th the price once completed, much like the 407. Then I remembered that SNC-Lavalin is one of three owners of the 407.

 

[hugh_madd]

The entire massive geographic expanse of Canada beyond this tiny bubble should just separate.

 

[Rustang42]

Separate? Separate and join America? A new country, altogether?

 

[hugh_madd]

There’s nothing ideal about Balkanization, but the Western provinces need to go their own way.

 

[H!llb!lly]

I've joked for years that Canada should seperate from Ottawa. Wall it off and tell them fuckers to stay in there and only let them out if they got the right documents. No Ottawa, no shitty federal government, seems like the easiest solution to me...

 

[Hirudinea]

Ottawa is simply occupied Quebecois territory, expel Quebec and 90% of Canadian problems would be solved and the other 10% would be soluble.

 

[Nink]

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcZzlPGnKdU

 

[ChevChelios]

I hear those things are awfully loud. And is there a chance the tracks could bend?

 

[Hirudinea]

"Sorry Mom, the mob has spoken!"

But seriously I believe that if you want to build a high speed train that a suspended monorail would be a much better way to go, it could be built above existing railway right-of-way, it would be immune to snow delays (which we have here in Canada believe it or not) and it could never plow into a moose (which we also have). Check this picture out,

Imagine that as long as a Via train, above existing rail tracks running at 300 km/h from Halifax to Vancouver, and NOT built by SNC-Federal Largesse! I'm a dreamer, like John Lennon, but not a commie, so not like John Lennon at all.

 

[ChevChelios]

Plus you didn't throw away your success for the sake of a mediocre Asian chick... I hope

 

[Hirudinea]

@ChevChelios


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5YIJ1pZEBc

 

[BeerAndOil]

But how are the Indians going to ride on the roof?