Visiting Rivière-du-Loup on Wednesday, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Pierre Poilievre, assures that he will defend the interests of small businesses. Conservatives are taking the opportunity to reiterate their strategies to counter the tariffs that could be imposed by United States President Donald Trump.
Poilievre will also visit the facilities of the Premier Tech company in Rivière-du-Loup during the day on Wednesday. [On veut] especially listen to small businesses. We’re going to go see Premier Tech, it’s a very innovative company
supports the Conservative leader regarding the multinational, which works in the manufacturing field.
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Pierre Poilievre meets with the president and CEO of Premier Tech, Jean Bélanger, and the company’s vice-president, Yves Goudreau. The region’s Conservative MP, Bernard Généreux, is also present.
Photo : - / Patrick Bergeron
In an interview with Éric Gagnon on Wednesday morning, Pierre Poilievre believes he can put pressure on the Trump administration to dissuade it from imposing tariffs of 25% on Canadian imports.
Retaliation is needed to deter such an attack on the Canadian economy. […] There is a great advantage to having even more free trade between our two countries
he argues.
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to the extension of the A-20
In an interview after his speech to the media, Pierre Poilievre said he open
to the extension to Rimouski of Highway 20, emphasizing the importance of regional routes
.
The MP for Montmagny–L’Islet–Kamouraska–Rivière-du-Loup, Bernard Généreux, added by talking about security issues.
There are safer highways with four lanes, or with separated lanes. There is also a desire to go to Rimouski
he believes, while recalling the existence of an opposition.
The majority of the population, I think, wants to have this route to go to Gaspésie and also develop Gaspésie and all of Bas-Saint-Laurent.
Against the tram, for the 3e lien
Pierre Poilievre spoke out against the Quebec tramway project, indicating that it there is no social acceptability
. Alstom workers in La Pocatière, however, see their chances of obtaining a contract with Quebec City dwindling with the new technical requirements.
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During his speech to the media on Wednesday, Pierre Poilievre was accompanied by MP Pierre Paul-Hus (left) and MP Bernard Généreux (right).
Photo : - / Patrick Bergeron
The head of PCC is instead focusing on the construction of a third highway link in Quebec. Eastern Quebec needs a third link to allow the movement of products and people.
The elected officials of Kamouraska also spoke out last week in favor of the third link.
With information from Eric Gagnon and Patrick Bergeron
