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Doug Ford: “If John A. MacDonald, before Confederation, can build a railroad from one end of our country to the other in four and a…”

On the recordSeptember 29, 2026
If John A. MacDonald, before Confederation, can build a railroad from one end of our country to the other in four and a half years, why can't we build a pipeline even quicker with the technology we have?
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Doug Ford

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Discussing the timeline for the Northern Shield Energy Corridor pipeline.

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