As far as bad ideas go, while I sincerely hope this will happen I shudder in horror of the logistical nightmare it will probably be a High speed rail that connects Canada and the US.
This will form a bit of a Schengan Area deal with between Canada and the US, the sun belt and Texas will form one similar with Mexico to build a high speed rail system there but I'm going to focus on Canada and the Northern states for now. Half of Canada's population is in a small strip of land between Windsor, ON and Quebec City, QC. Similarly, so many people live in New England, New York State, and the Mid-Atlantic states. Labor wins by allowing the working class in poorer suburban and rural areas more access to jobs and capital wins by having a larger pool of applicants to choose from, something they already have but at least the working class can more realistically have more jobs to choose from too. You could live in Buffalo but work and hang out in Toronto or Boston if you're in a different city that's close enough, or live in Montreal but visit New York on weekends.
Most realistically, I would make Windsor, Detroit, Niagara Falls on both sides and Buffalo too a lot more walkable so when a high speed rail ends you get off and just go through border security to get to the rail in the other country and build two border cities in Quebec and Northern New York state respectively.
As far as bad ideas go, while I sincerely hope this will happen I shudder in horror of the logistical nightmare it will probably be a High speed rail that connects Canada and the US.
This will form a bit of a Schengan Area deal with between Canada and the US, the sun belt and Texas will form one similar with Mexico to build a high speed rail system there but I'm going to focus on Canada and the Northern states for now. Half of Canada's population is in a small strip of land between Windsor, ON and Quebec City, QC. Similarly, so many people live in New England, New York State, and the Mid-Atlantic states. Labor wins by allowing the working class in poorer suburban and rural areas more access to jobs and capital wins by having a larger pool of applicants to choose from, something they already have but at least the working class can more realistically have more jobs to choose from too. You could live in Buffalo but work and hang out in Toronto or Boston if you're in a different city that's close enough, or live in Montreal but visit New York on weekends.
Most realistically, I would make Windsor, Detroit, Niagara Falls on both sides and Buffalo too a lot more walkable so when a high speed rail ends you get off and just go through border security to get to the rail in the other country and build two border cities in Quebec and Northern New York state respectively.