The Quebec government is moving ahead with a controversial transportation project in the provincial capital that has for years been a political lightning rod.
Legault initially pitched the project as a way to alleviate traffic in the capital region, but he now says the so-called “third link” is important to ensure trucks transporting goods could still get to the city if one of the two existing bridges closed. The report instead recommended a $15-billion public transit plan for the region that includes a tramway network. On Thursday, Legault also gave the green light to the first phase of that plan, worth $5 billion. “We can do both,” the premier said.
However, Poilievre also said he wouldn’t invest “one cent of federal money” in a tramway if he becomes prime minister. The Liberal government, on the other hand, has previously committed to funding part of a tramway project. The backlash was swift. In October, one day after losing a Quebec City by-election and facing dismal polls, Legault abruptly changed tack and put the third link back on the table. “Losing Quebec is out of the question,” he said at the time.
But the flip-flops on the third link have “damaged the connection” with voters in a region Legault can’t afford to ignore, said political analyst Antonine Yaccarini. She said the issue has become so polarizing around Quebec City that people feel they can only support the third link or the tramway, not both.
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