Leaders Push A New National Dream

As the premiers concluded their three-day Council of the Federation meeting last week in this Rocky Mountain resort, Handley's dream of a year-round highway appears closer than ever to reality. Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty noted the 13 provinces and territories are united in their call for improving Canada's trade and transportation links. "We've, though the council, made it very clear that we think there should be a national transportation strategy," said McGuinty. "There are some real opportunities." To that end, the premiers will be developing what their official communiqué called "a comprehensive national transportation strategy" that would build on the accomplishments of the 19th and 20th centuries. "The federation was built on a vision, expressed in a railway, to unite the country from coast to coast," the premiers said in their joint statement. "This tangible expression of unifying the country continues to be reflected in our national transportation infrastructure, which now must include both east-west and north-south focus," the communiqué said. http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1124056210811&call_page=TS_News&call_pageid=968332188492&call_pagepath=News/News&pubid=968163964505&StarSource=email&DPL=IvsNDS%2f7ChAX&tacodalogin=yes

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