Chris Selley: The Liberals’ high-speed rail fantasy just gets greasier

It’s incredible what Liberals think they can get away with — more incredible still that they’re often right. On CTV’s Question Period on Sunday, Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon accused the Conservatives of not “thinking big” like they used to given their opposition to their high-speed megaproject. “You know, Brian Mulroney used to think big. Heavens, John A. Macdonald used to think in terms of building an intercontinental railroad.” (Alas, the dream of an intercontinental railroad eludes North America.) Read More