(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 the leader of the Conservative Party of Canada, Pierre Poilievre, who came to visit him in Quebec .
In a press briefing in the Quebec region, Mr. Poilievre affirmed that the Prime Minister of Canada Justin Trudeau had provoked the decision of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) to abandon the construction of a tunnel for cars between Quebec and Lévis, which has been replaced by a public transit project.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 third link saying he was against cars. The Bloc Québécois, the “wokist” bloc, the Liberals are against the car. They wage 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.
« C’est Justin Trudeau qui a tué [le projet 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 [Yves-François] Blanket [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 is why the Conservative Party is going to support infrastructure that supports cars.
Canadian Conservative Party Leader 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
PHOTO JACQUES BOISSINOT, THE CANADIAN PRESS
Pierre Poilievre made his statement on the third freeway link a few hours before meeting Mr. Legault for the first time on Tuesday.
In a scrum, Mr. Legault said he wanted to discuss two topics 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 sector.
Quebec Premier François Legault
Second subject: immigration and the place of French in Quebec. “The CAQ is asking to repatriate powers in the area of immigration, including family reunification, among other things in the area of temporary immigrants,” said the Premier.
In the short time that the media could attend the meeting, Mr. Poilievre praised Mr. Legault for lowering taxes, saying that “there are too many taxes” and that people are “working, working, working. , but it does not pay”.