Federal Minister Jean-Yves Duclos asks the Legault government to “put its pants down” and come to the defense of the tram project the day after the announcement of Prime Minister Trudeau’s resignation.
On the microphone of the morning show First hourthe Quebec lieutenant for the Liberals repeated that the agreement between Quebec and the Trudeau government for financing the project, worth $1.5 billion, could be redirected elsewhere in the event of the arrival of a new administration in Ottawa.
Remember that the Conservative Party of Canada, clearly ahead in the polls, has indicated on several occasions that it does not want to grant a penny to the tram project, preferring instead to invest in a third highway link between Quebec and Lévis.
The $1.5 billion is there, but Mr. Poilievre could take it away. The government of Quebec must also put its pants down and defend the interests of the National Capital
launched Jean-Yves Duclos. Mr. Lightbound and I will be there in the next elections to defend this structuring and modern public transport project for the Quebec region, but the other players must stand up and come out to defend the region
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The west as a priority, according to the PQ
The leader of the Parti Québécois, Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon, believes that the arrival of a conservative government will first favor the western provinces. Pierre Poilievre has already positioned himself in favor of a tramway in Calgary, his hometown, recalls the PQ leader.
The Poilievre government is going to be one based on the interests of Western Canada, not ours. If there is a streetcar in Calgary, that’s good for the Conservatives. But the same tram in Quebec, that’s really terrible. It will generate another layer of bickering and Quebec-Canada discussions which lead to nothing, which waste us time and which cause us to lose money.
said the PQ leader on Tuesday.
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Paul Saint-Pierre Plamondon criticized the political formation of Pierre Poilievre. (Archive photo)
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A quick agreement requested
The Quebec Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCIQ) wants the work to begin quickly under the leadership of CDPQ Infra. The Trudeau government and the Legault government must agree very soon on the financing of the tramway so that we stop talking about it and get to work
warns the president and CEO of the CCIQ, Frédérik Boisvert.
For the citizen group Quebec wants its tramway
political pressure in favor of the tram will be strong, which could encourage a possible Poilievre government to move forward with the project. It’s not [l’annulation] major projects that we need, especially when there is political consensus in Quebec City
says co-founder Nora Loreto. We also have the Bloc Québécois which is quite favorable to this project so I think that, even if Mr. Poilievre says that he is going to cancel the project, I am not sure that this will happen.
she adds.
Bad project
I hope we will put an end to this bad project to develop another one
wishes Donald Charette, spokesperson for Quebec deserves better, a group of citizens opposed to the tram project.
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The Quebec group deserves better and its spokesperson Donald Charette is opposed to the Quebec tram project.
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For Mr. Charette, the fact that federal funding is not set in stone adds “a layer of uncertainty to an already uncertain project. »
According to him, it would be hazardous
to pursue a project of this magnitude without the contribution of Ottawa. I think the financial concerns should be enough to put an end to this project.
With the collaboration of Raphaël Beaumont-Drouin
