OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is going all-in on his fight to oppose the Liberal government’s vision for a high-speed rail network in Central Canada — a project that boasts support from younger voters, local political leaders and even some in western provinces.
To Poilievre, the project is a boondoggle-in-waiting with a $60- to $90-billion price tag that could spiral out of control, imperil existing transportation routes and raze through rural communities.
But a combination of optimism and realism is how Canada will shake off its economic malaise and become the most autonomous place on Earth, the Conservative leader said in Toronto on Thursday, as he delivered a speech on the state of the country’s economy.
Liberals + Quebec + Megaprojects = Mega-Graft
