Kingston stop adds billions to Carney's high-speed rail boondoggle, taxpayers group warns

Subhead:The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is sounding the alarm over the Liberals' controversial and costly high-speed rail project.#   Prime Minister Mark Carney's already eye-wateringly expensive high-speed rail project could become even more costly after the federal government ordered planners to add a stop in Kingston. The Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) estimates the additional stop would add $3.9 billion to the project's construction cost, while increasing long-term operating subsidies by another $2.8 billion. "This project was already unaffordable for taxpayers with a $90-billion price tag and now it will cost billions more because the Carney government is adding an extra stop," said Noah Jarvis, the CTF's Ontario director....

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