Canada issues RFQ for rail project.

The councillors said a pitch for the project was made by Alstom and could reduce travel time between Montreal and Toronto to 3 hours from an average of 5 hours. City councillors in Montreal have put forward a motion asking the federal government for support in building a high-speed rail network between Quebec and Toronto. The Canadian federal government has issued the requests for qualifications phase for a High Frequency Rail (HFR) project. [Extracted from the article]