Éric Duhaime’s Conservative Party wants the third link between Quebec and Lévis to take the form of a bridge linking the South Shore to Île d’Orléans, as the CAQ government once recommended.
The current government’s tunnel project is “too costly” in the eyes of the Conservative Party of Quebec (PCQ). Adding a bridge linking the South Shore to Île d’Orléans would be “the most economical solution”, says the party in its platform unveiled Sunday in Drummondville.
From the North Shore, commuters would pass through the bridge which already connects Quebec to the island but is currently under reconstruction.
To those who fear that such a project disfigures the heritage site of Bacchus Island, Éric Duhaime said Sunday that the future bridge “will be much more beautiful” than the Hydro-Québec pylons that cross the Island.
The Conservative leader adds that he could finance the removal of the pylons with the funds “saved” by swapping the tunnel project for that of the Bridge.
Recall that the Legault government had defended a similar project at the start of its mandate before opting for a tunnel project linking the city centers of Quebec and Lévis.
The PCQ candidates gathered Sunday in a community center in Drummondville to officially launch their platform.
Fewer teeth for the Administrative Housing Tribunal
The PCQ candidates gathered Sunday in a community center in Drummondville to officially launch their platform.
The document, which includes some thirty proposals, recommends in particular a greater role for the private sector in health, the abandonment of the public daycare system, the revival of gas exploitation and various tax measures including the lifting of the tax on gasoline and a reduction in personal income tax.
In all areas, the party pleads in favor of deregulation and a reduction in the role of the state. In housing, for example, Éric Duhaime believes that the relaxation of the rules imposed on homeowners should ultimately promote the construction of more affordable housing.
Therefore, tenants who are victims of abusive increases could no longer challenge them before the Administrative Housing Tribunal (TAL). The amount of the rents would rather be fixed by “an authority with an economic vocation”.
The logic is the same with regard to child care services. The Conservatives think they can do away with waiting lists by phasing out public funding for child care and instead giving parents $200 a week per child care vouchers.
Nothing on culture, immigration and language
The Party intends to campaign on five issues: lower taxes and duties, opening up to private health care, rejection of the tramway project in Quebec, the exploitation of hydrocarbons and the revision of the mode of financing of keep.
However, the document does not address the themes of culture, immigration and language. “When you go door to door, you don’t want to talk about 200 promises,” explained the chef during a press scrum.
The PCQ is opposed to Law 96 on the strengthening of the French language because it “violates rights and freedoms”, argued Mr. Duhaime. However, he does not want to campaign on it. “I feel like Mr. [François] Legault is keen to exacerbate tensions with the English-speaking community. […] The Conservative Party wants to unite Quebecers rather than divide them as Mr. Legault has done for too long. »