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Leading executive Fiona Blondin has joined the VIA HFR – VIA TGF Inc. board of directors, the Crown corporation announced today.

Transport Minister Omar Alghabra has tabled VIA HFR’s Corporate Plan Summary in Parliament. The summary captures our planned work for Fiscal Year 2023-24.

VIA HFR’s Corporate Secretary, Marc-Olivier Ranger (left) having a conversation while attending the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance.

VIA HFR’s Corporate Secretary and interim Chief Executive Officer, Marc-Olivier Ranger spoke with the Senate Standing Committee on National Finance. His remarks covered the project’s progress, next steps, the corporate budget and the procurement process.

Transport Canada’s Assistant Deputy Minister – Alto, Vincent Robitaille spoke at the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montréal’s Strategic Forum on Transportation Infrastructure.

VIA HFR’s Chair of the Board, Rob Prichard, standing at a podium in front of attendees at at the Toronto Board of Trade’s Transportation Symposium. The Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, on a video screen behind Rob Prichard.

On March 30, 2023 Rob Prichard delivered a special address at the Toronto Board of Trade Transportation Symposium.

His Worship Jeff Leal, Mayor of Peterborough; Bonnie Clark, Peterborough Warden; the Honourable Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport; Sarah Budd, President and CEO, Peterborough and Kawartha's Chamber of Commerce; at the February 23 update on the next steps for the HFR project in Peterborough, Ontario.

Today, the Minister of Transport, the Honourable Omar Alghabra, and His Worship Jeff Leal, Mayor of the City of Peterborough, provided an update on the next steps for the High Frequency Rail project: the launch of the Request for Qualifications (RFQ).

Martin Landry, President and CEO, VIA Rail Canada; the Honourable Pablo Rodriguez, Minister of Canadian Heritage and Quebec Lieutenant; the Honourable Omar Alghabra, Minister of Transport; Annie Koutrakis, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Transport; Angelo Iacono, Member of Parliament for Alfred-Pellan, Quebec; at the February 17 announcement of the launch of the RFQ process at Gare Centrale in Montreal, Quebec.

Government of Canada launches process to identify and qualify up to three top candidates to build High Frequency Rail between Québec and Toronto.

HFR is gathering momentum, next stop is the Request for Qualification (RFQ) in early 2023.

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VIA Rail Creates Subsidiary and Appoints Board Members to Deliver HFR Project.

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Minister of Transport announces the establishment of the VIA Rail subsidiary to support High Frequency Rail and appoints three founding members to its Board of Directors.