{"id":583776,"date":"2026-04-05T12:34:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/583776\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T12:34:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T12:34:08","slug":"they-used-to-think-big-transport-minister-slams-conservatives-criticism-of-high-speed-rail-ctv-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/583776\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018They used to think big\u2019: transport minister slams Conservatives\u2019 criticism of high-speed rail &#8211; CTV News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiigFBVV95cUxNaEh5ZUdhRkE0Zm5XWWdZbnY5Q25VcTZQeFc5R3RJSFZHZExwMWQzMXVuQmxKcXg0ZWN6Q25fcm4xUWVlRHJqSXkxREMxc1VvdzFQVnUzZW1DMm9xUEJpSjBDcTZnWGh2dGxTRnI4QTFwRUlRTXFvSTZqcFpnVFpxMlM0cHVEdmZ5OUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">\u2018They used to think big\u2019: transport minister slams Conservatives\u2019 criticism of high-speed rail<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV News<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiggJBVV95cUxNY1duVlJ6TFVweVRDZEgzb3V4R01TYU1PTEZMZkdfMkt0Zzd5b2taOEhhODk1bnc1dkhWcnkwZVhCY0J6Q0pjam1NS0QtcmZHNlRuOFpLSDlvcEVXT2t0RnlxNkRmY0lkWUlscG82RV8yTnBZcC14QmVZdjZIdEx5TTBaUEt6cTFTMjFBNVJWQjhTVVZFTG5CbnlYeE83Vkl5Tm1mSXllMmVSTGZPaVU3N2Nudm9KN0Z6NllGSkZSOWo0QjctRFhpX2t1ajROR3F5TW5vS0ZDZHR1cTNaaURqZmloSURlSDktTllWblZ0OUNrbFI5TlU0OExRamhMWm5DbUE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Alto boss defends high-speed rail project as fears and criticisms mount<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Toronto Star<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxOSVI5UnQta0RKWWdJUDhLZU5JSTBOMjZEVHBPWEY5dWZXZWdtdlhLb1VnbnNoZWRrdkFhbEhTSXJMU3NRN0QwWHVKdERYb3pRNXluMlljbDFNSWNrWDFmQUNsUHoxRlFPVS1IbDlfU3VfV2gzS0JoWWQ3R0tDM2xKTVVzeFdoNDlJRDZ3RDlVUUVDVjVpZHRqb2xqZFZRbkhnUHRkSThFVkM1a2dqSVpMcERsN3I1UWRYdllxYy1GU3ZPOV9yaVd1Q0UwTDV0MUlHS3lMRzFOV3UyWnc?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Conservatives are \u2018against big dreams,\u2019 as opponents of the Alto train: Del Mastro<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Peterborough Examiner<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMimAFBVV95cUxNY1JwaTNxV2ZQSkwxd3FKRmMwbzJXWTlEdC1FUTVtaVJzdHVuTU04VElSMS1iS1RoU3hyX1NwRmNkVUZnTHp1TExpV3RTa1EyM0dwLTBmZl9rTHlkSUN6WnRrUXMxZjFaR19uM0N6Mmg5ZUN6OXhqRmYzSnpONjJYNDZrNEl6VjJKOXdPMnVXaFZqM3lDOG96bg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Large majority of Canadians support the Alto high-speed rail project<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Cult MTL<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiogFBVV95cUxPR0pMei1Jekxfa0tvZVZvNGZ0UDFaS2VEY0FrMDNrRERBanVPaDA3dzVhNWJfOHJDd1V6Zm9vbjE1cEdkM3FoR21wRUJ4eEJRdVRDNmtpNGxvQUk5RnBEaTlzQWxjRzFwdnJCU1lDZEpTdEhUYXZOVVJIM2hEcjNHUmdwUzdVNEFtSHJkalN2U2ZGNXBsdTU3MURpR2Y5bk14RlE?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Poilievre&#8217;s high-speed rail opposition is a good message but &#8216;not without risk,&#8217; strategist says<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;National Post<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u2018They used to think big\u2019: transport minister slams Conservatives\u2019 criticism of high-speed rail&nbsp;&nbsp;CTV NewsAlto boss defends high-speed rail&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":583777,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[712,49,48,44],"class_list":["post-583776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-apple-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583776"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583776\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583777"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}