Hour 3 of Ottawa Now for Mon. April 27th, 2026

As discussed in Hour 1, Ottawa’s main businesses and tourism organizations want to see Alto’s high-speed rail project bring passengers to the Downtown Core. The main voices representing the Ottawa Board of Trade, Invest Ottawa, and Ottawa Tourism recently penned a letter to Alto President Martin Imbleau about the idea. However, not everyone is convinced by this sales pitch, as the councillor for Rideau-Vanier had some choice words for the letter’s authors. So where should Alto build its high-speed rail station? Does it have to be in the city’s Downtown Core? Kristy Cameron sifts through the CFRA textboard and tackles today’s Question of the Day. Meantime, Prime Minister Mark Carney has introduced the first-ever Canadian Sovereign Wealth Fund, a plan that ensures all Canadians will benefit from economic growth. And with a lower-than-forecasted deficit in the cards, new affordability measures are expected in this week’s Spring Fiscal Update. We dig deeper in Hour 3 with our Political Heat Panel.