GRASSIE, Ont.—Premier Doug Ford says he hasn’t given up hope his proposed tunnel under Highway 401 — branded a fantasy by critics — will eventually land on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s list of major infrastructure projects to fast-track in the national interest.

The tunnel under the superhighway across the top of Toronto was excluded from the first list released by Carney last week, along with the Ring of Fire critical mineral deposits in northwestern Ontario, but Ford insisted Tuesday he is not disappointed.

“It’s all right. I talked to him (Carney),” the premier told reporters at the International Plowing Match on a farm atop the Niagara escarpment south of Grimsby.

“It’s going to be in the next tranche,” the premier said of the Ring of Fire before turning to the tunnel, now the

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