{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"ALTO High speed rail citizen research","home_page_url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca","description":"ALTO High speed rail citizen research","author":{"name":"ALTO High speed rail citizen research"},"items":[{"id":"the-material-alto-wont-talk-about","html_content":"

Ontario passed a law to keep polystyrene foam out of its lakes and rivers. ALTO proposes to bury industrial volumes of the same material in the watersheds that law was designed to protect, and hasn't disclosed how much.

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/the-material-alto-wont-talk-about","title":"THE MATERIAL ALTO WON'T TALK ABOUT","date_modified":"2026-04-04T03:20:12Z"},{"id":"alto-and-co2-the-carbon-numbers-no-one-is-talking-about","html_content":"

ALTO says it will be good for the climate. That may be true, but only under conditions the project has never publicly established.

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/alto-and-co2-the-carbon-numbers-no-one-is-talking-about","title":"ALTO and CO2: The Carbon Numbers No One Is Talking About","date_modified":"2026-03-20T00:35:54Z"},{"id":"what-did-the-transport-minister-actually-say-to-the-senate","html_content":"

On March 11, 2026, Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon spent an hour before the Senate National Finance Committee answering pointed questions about Bill C-15 and the Alto High-Speed Rail project. Some of his answers were...

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The Alto HSR southern route passes through the Moira Karst — a solution cave system in Hastings County that is the confirmed hibernaculum for four Endangered bat species, including what was historically the largest popul...

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/high-speed-rail-consequences-for-bats-in-hastings-county","title":"High-Speed Rail: Consequences for Bats in Hastings County","date_modified":"2026-03-17T23:49:56Z"},{"id":"how-many-riders-will-jump-aboard-alto","html_content":"

ALTO has publicly committed to carrying 24 million passengers per year by 2055 and 43 million by 2084. These figures underpin the entire financial case for the project . They have been presented without any disclosed dem...

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/how-many-riders-will-jump-aboard-alto","title":"How many riders will jump aboard ALTO?","date_modified":"2026-03-17T03:04:09Z"},{"id":"in-the-summer-of-2025-eastern-ontario-showed-us-whats-at-stake","html_content":"

The summer of 2025 was the worst fire season in memory for the communities that the ALTO HSR southern corridor would bisect.

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/in-the-summer-of-2025-eastern-ontario-showed-us-whats-at-stake","title":"In the Summer of 2025, Eastern Ontario Showed Us What's at Stake","date_modified":"2026-03-15T15:10:57Z"},{"id":"the-government-admitted-it-in-the-senate-nobody-was-listening","html_content":"

If you own farmland anywhere near the proposed ALTO high-speed rail corridor, here is what federal officials told the Senate — on the record — in December 2025.

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/the-government-admitted-it-in-the-senate-nobody-was-listening","title":"The Government Admitted It in the Senate. Nobody Was Listening.","date_modified":"2026-03-15T01:19:10Z"},{"id":"when-the-train-cuts-off-the-ambulance-route","html_content":"

There is a question that almost no one is asking about the Alto HSR southern corridor: what happens to emergency response times when hundreds of rural concession road crossings are permanently closed?

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/when-the-train-cuts-off-the-ambulance-route","title":"When the Train Cuts Off the Ambulance Route","date_modified":"2026-03-14T13:23:08Z"},{"id":"organizationgroup-statements-on-alto-high-speed-rail","html_content":"

Statements, resolutions, and open letters from agricultural, ecological, recreational, and civil-society organizations on the Alto HSR project

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FROM WILDLIFE PRESERVATION CANADA

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/speak-up-for-wildlife-let%E2%80%99s-talk-alto-high-speed-rail","title":"Speak up for wildlife: let’s talk Alto high-speed rail","date_modified":"2026-03-14T01:13:36Z"},{"id":"what-alto-said-%E2%80%94-and-didnt-say","html_content":"

A plain-language review of Alto's March 3rd virtual public consultation session: what was answered, what was deflected, and what was never asked at all.

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/what-alto-said-%E2%80%94-and-didnt-say","title":"What Alto Said — and Didn't Say","date_modified":"2026-03-06T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"rideau-waterway-land-trust","html_content":"

Letter to the Editor: Opposition to the Proposed Southern Route

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/rideau-waterway-land-trust","title":"Rideau Waterway Land Trust","date_modified":"2026-03-06T08:00:00Z"},{"id":"alto-advertorial-vs-citizen-research","html_content":"

A point-by-point comparison of the paid advertorial published in Hometown News (February 24, 2026) against citizen-led research and publicly available sources.

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In 2016, the federal government funded a serious study of High Frequency Rail (HFR) for the Toronto–Quebec City corridor. The proposal was conventional rail at 170–177 km/h on largely dedicated tracks, costed at under C$...

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/from-hfr-to-alto-2016-to-present","title":"From HFR to Alto: 2016 to present","date_modified":"2026-03-05T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"high-speed-rail-back-to-the-future-1995","html_content":"

Canada studied this exact project in 1995. Here's what they found — and what was never resolved.

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/high-speed-rail-back-to-the-future-1995","title":"High-Speed Rail: Back to the Future (1995)","date_modified":"2026-03-04T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"cn-privatization","html_content":"

If you live along the proposed Alto southern corridor in eastern Ontario, you may be asking a reasonable question: why does improving train travel between Toronto and Quebec City require carving an entirely new railway t...

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/cn-privatization","title":"CN Privatization","date_modified":"2026-03-02T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"2-lines-across-the-land","html_content":"

Highway 401 divided Eastern Ontario in the 1950s and '60s. Now Alto proposes to do it again — but the tools, the speed, and the stakes are very different. Before any route is chosen, alignment with existing major highway...

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/2-lines-across-the-land","title":"2 Lines Across The Land","date_modified":"2026-03-01T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"where-we-stand-on-the-route","html_content":"

We have heard concerns from residents along the northern corridor who fear our research supports routing high-speed rail through their communities. It does not. This statement clarifies our position on all three route op...

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/where-we-stand-on-the-route","title":"Where We Stand on the Route","date_modified":"2026-02-26T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"altos-food-tourism-claims-vs-reality","html_content":"

ALTO's advertising promotes high-speed rail as an enhancement to Canadian food tourism. But a route through the southern corridor would travel directly through the farms, food businesses, and tourism landscapes that make...

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/altos-food-tourism-claims-vs-reality","title":"Alto's Food Tourism Claims vs. Reality","date_modified":"2026-02-24T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"the-alto-survey-is-hiding-the-strongly-disagree-option","html_content":"

A design flaw in the consultation questionnaire makes the most critical response choice invisible to most participants — and Alto needs to acknowledge it before the April 24 deadline.

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/the-alto-survey-is-hiding-the-strongly-disagree-option","title":"The ALTO Survey Is Hiding the \"Strongly Disagree\" Option","date_modified":"2026-02-20T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"inside-the-alto-open-house-observations-from-storrington","html_content":"

https://www.kingstondaily.ca/news/the-kingston-top-3/alto-open-house-well-attended-in-south-frontenac/

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/inside-the-alto-open-house-observations-from-storrington","title":"Inside the ALTO Open House: Observations from Storrington","date_modified":"2026-02-19T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"federal-finance-committee-feb-22","html_content":"

On February 2, 2026, the federal Finance Committee heard from the Minister of Transport and Alto's CEO about Bill C-15 — the federal budget bill that would give Alto sweeping new powers to freeze land, accelerate expropr...

","url":"https://altohsrcitizenresearch.ca/blog/f/federal-finance-committee-feb-22","title":"Finance Committee Feb 2/26","date_modified":"2026-02-09T17:00:00Z"}]}