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Mayor Drew Dilkens raised the alarm Monday that high-speed rail for Windsor has been essentially scrubbed from the province’s plans.

“I want this on the public record that this is the document that says this will never happen,” he said near the conclusion of Monday’s city council meeting, referring to a document from the provincial group conducting the environmental assessment for high-speed rail.

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What has upset the mayor is that the latest version of the document contains changes that say the Windsor-London section of the line will be considered as demand for high-speed rail develops.

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“That is code word for this will never get built,” he said, explaining that it’s well known that the London-Windsor section of passenger rail service is the least profitable along the Windsor-Quebec City corridor because it’s a long distance with relatively few customers. Saying it will only happen when there’s a demand shuts the door, he said.