{"id":10369,"date":"2025-02-19T18:52:12","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T18:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.buildingtrades.ca\/?p=10369"},"modified":"2025-02-19T21:02:54","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T21:02:54","slug":"statement-on-high-speed-rail-announcement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/portal.buildingtrades.ca\/en\/statement-on-high-speed-rail-announcement\/","title":{"rendered":"Statement on High Speed Rail Announcement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"10369\" class=\"elementor elementor-10369\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05e718e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"05e718e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae844ef elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"ae844ef\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Canada&#8217;s Building Trades Unions welcomes today&#8217;s announcement by the Government of Canada of a new high-speed rail line between Toronto and Quebec City. 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