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But “non-Indigenous people from Turtle Island” — to quote one woke archeologist — are finding a different reality.  

Michael Higgins: Carney's expropriation plan for Alto creates second-class citizens Back to video

Farmers, businesses and homes in the path of the proposed Alto high-speed rail project from Toronto to Quebec City are facing forced expropriations and a truncated appeal process before a single track has been laid. 

By amending the Expropriations Act, the prime minister has created a two-tier consultation process, one where the rights of the Indigenous community are respected and another one where the rights of other people are trampled over. 

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