From CBC News; January 8, 2019
Transport Canada is expected to approve or deny Via Rail’s multi-billion-dollar proposal to flesh out a new rail line between Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal and Quebec City by the end of the year.
A few years ago, Via Rail unveiled a $4-billion plan to increase service on the busy corridor not by letting trains go faster, but by building up a new passenger train line to the north of its current line, which it shares with freight trains.