The abandonment of the project for a third road link between Quebec and Lévis is not only causing unhappiness within the Coalition avenir Québec.
“Pantoute! I am not disappointed. I’m very happy, ”launched the former deputy for Beauce-Nord Janvier Grondin in the Sherbrooke Fair Center, where a few hundred CAQ activists are gathered this weekend. ” It’s expensive. We can’t afford that! he added, saying he was convinced that the road tunnel under the St. Lawrence River could have cost up to “20 billion” dollars.
The resident of the municipality of Saint-Jules — which had the largest proportion of CAQ voters in Quebec in 2018 — calls the announcement of the abandonment of the CAQ’s flagship project an “intelligent tactic” on the basis of new studies . However, he would have preferred that François Legault’s party distance itself from the third Québec-Lévis road link project during the last election campaign – and not six months after the October 3 election. “People are a bit disappointed to have seen the [gouvernement] back down on an election promise. […] It sure bothers people, ”he said.
Do you feel like you were cheated on this issue? asked a reporter. “Do you think this is the first time?” And, do you think it’s the first party that does that, ”retorted Mr. Grondin.
Vote of confidence
That said, the Prime Minister, François Legault, made a “smart decision”, according to Mr. Grondin. For that, he will benefit from his support, during the first vote of confidence to which the head of the CAQ will submit since 2014.
At the head of the second opposition group in the National Assembly, Mr. Legault then obtained a score of 97.2%. His star could only fade over the last few years, including those in which he exercises power, he argued, busy lowering expectations before the unveiling of the result of his new vote of confidence, planned Sunday.
“The longer we have been governing, the more decisions we have made and you know it, in life, it is impossible to please everyone. So, it is possible that there is a minority who are disappointed with certain decisions, ”declared Mr. Legault, before the study of 34 proposals of all kinds by the delegates of the CAQ. “Me, I try every day to make the best decisions for the common interest, the interest of all Quebecers. Let there be some Quebecers. That there are even some CAQ activists who are not happy with certain decisions, well, that’s normal,” he added.