Farmers in Mirabel vying to stop a high-speed rail in its tracks

Farmers in Mirabel vying to stop a high-speed rail in its tracks

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Tractors lined up on a road in Mirabel, Que., as farmers geared up to fight a high-speed rail project. This is along the same roads where they battled expropriation of their lands to make way for an airport more than half a century ago.

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