Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press A Canadian Pacific Rail train is seen here travelling through Calgary on May 1, 2014. A proposal to build a new "energy corridor" to transport products through Canada has been picked up by federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer. Last week, federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer used a major pre-election policy speech to dust off a similar idea. Energy infrastructure proposals have failed to secure approval due to tough regulatory processes and community concerns over environmental impacts. G. Kent Fellows, who co-authored the report, said the right-of-way could be used for roads, rail, pipelines, electricity transmission lines and telecommunications.

Source: Huffington Post May 24, 2019 13:18 UTC