Canada is great at high-speed rail studies — but not at actually building high-speed rail. So why is it the only country in the developed world considering a new conventional-speed passenger network?
Created by Paige Saunders with special guest Reece Martin
By law passenger rail does get priority.
It’s just that the fee is so small that it’s worth giving priority to freight.
There’s a US law that passenger trains get priority, but that’s rarely enforced. In Canada, there’s no such law.