“A new high-speed train route between Montreal and Ottawa will cut through 1,700 properties and ruin 500 farms. The company is taking this land without really listening to farmers. I want the Prime Minister to make them get the farmers' permission first.”

“Mr. Speaker, Alto has confirmed that the section of high-speed rail between Montreal and Ottawa will go through 1,700 properties. With no input from the owners, 500 of our best pieces of farmland will be cut in half. When the Alto people tell us that they are consulting towns and farmers, it is all for show, because they already know exactly where they want to go and what land they want to expropriate. Alto is steamrolling our farmers. Will the Prime Minister finally ask it to get the farmers’ consent, instead of running roughshod over them?”

“A train company is pressuring people in Mirabel to let workers onto their land at any time. The government needs to pause this project and talk to the community first instead of intimidating residents.”

“Mr. Speaker, the Alto steamroller is barrelling down on the people of Mirabel for the high-speed train project. At first, Alto employees were knocking on people’s doors to ask permission to perform inspections on their property, but now, they are sending letters to try to buy unlimited access to properties for three years, day or night, for $1,500. Imagine how stressful that is for citizens who have not been consulted, but who are being visited by employees and receiving letters implying that their property will be expropriated. Will the government pause the Alto project and try to earn social licence instead of intimidating people in their own homes?”