(Quebec) Justin Trudeau has nothing to do with the death of the highway tunnel project between Quebec and Lévis, says Prime Minister François Legault, who thus contradicts Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre.
In a press briefing in the Quebec region, the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada Pierre Poilievre affirmed that the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau had provoked the decision of the Coalition avenir Québec to abandon the erection of a tunnel for the cars between Quebec and Lévis, which has been replaced by a public transit project. He made this statement a few hours before meeting Mr. Legault for the first time on Tuesday.
“I deplore the fact that Justin Trudeau killed the 3rde link saying he was against cars. The Bloc Québécois, the “wokist” bloc, the Liberals are against the car. They are waging a war against the self [et] it does not make sense. We need cars in the regions and in the suburbs, ”he said in a press scrum.
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According to Pierre Poilievre, it was Justin Trudeau who “killed the third link” by refusing to fund the Quebec project.
“It was Justin Trudeau who killed [le projet de loi troisième lien autoroutier]. It was Justin Trudeau who said the funds would not be available. […] We have a Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, who has no common sense [et] which leads with Blanchet [NDLR : Yves-François Blanchet, le chef du Bloc québécois] a war on the self,” he added.
Bikes everywhere
Mr Poilievre wondered if ‘people are just going to take bikes everywhere’, before answering the question himself: ‘That doesn’t make sense! “, he launched.
“We need cars and that’s why the Conservative Party will support infrastructure that supports cars” Pierre Poilievre.
Quebec Premier François Legault retorted that Justin Trudeau had nothing to do with his decision. “Not at all,” he told the media, before his meeting with Mr. Poilievre.
Immigration and electrification
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Pierre Poilievre made this statement a few hours before meeting Mr. Legault for the first time on Tuesday.
He intends to raise two subjects with the conservative politician. He wants to make sure that the latter, in the event of an electoral victory, continues support programs for the electrification of the economy, since the federal government’s participation in the Quebec government’s battery sector strategy is necessary “to be competitive” with the United States. “It is important that the political parties at the federal level understand that this is strategic for Quebec, the battery industry,” he said.
Second subject: immigration and the place of French in Quebec. He will argue to Mr. Poilievre. “The CAQ is calling for the repatriation of immigration powers, including family reunification, among other things in the temporary immigrant sector,” he said.