GATINEAU – Caught up on television by a statement by Bernard Drainville regarding the third link, François Legault attacked Montrealers opposed to his tunnel project, who he said “look down on” the people of Quebec and Lévis .
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“The people of Montreal must stop looking down on the people of Quebec and then Lévis,” said the chief caquiste, who, like the other chiefs, gave a live interview of regarding thirty minutes. on Radio-Canada on Sunday evening.
Pressed with questions by the hosts regarding, among other things, his flagship promise, François Legault tried to qualify a controversial statement launched last Friday by his star candidate in Lévis, Bernard Drainville.
“Drop me with the GHGs,” the former journalist got carried away during a press briefing on a promise from the CAQ in health.
“You have to put the statement in context. He was told: “How can you be for the environment and for the third link?”. This is where Bernard said: “Let go of me with the GHGs”, “recounted Mr. Legault.
But in reality, the question that had been put to him that day, before Mr. Drainville intervened, was rather whether the party in power intended to clarify its project with new information by October 3.
Data to be revised
On this subject, François Legault explained, on the airwaves of Radio-Canada, that due to the new reality of teleworking, one of the consequences of the pandemic, the data available to the government are “outdated”.
“The numbers need to be updated. We cannot come up with numbers that are no longer good, ”said Mr. Legault.
But, whatever the studies may say, “for me, there is evidence that we need a third link”, he insisted, repeating that building two bridges one next to the other was a bad idea.
“There will be less congestion, including for public transport,” believes the CAQ leader.
“The question that remains: do we want to disfigure Île d’Orléans or do we want a tunnel?” summarized Mr. Legault by opposing his project to that proposed by the Conservative Party of Éric Duhaime.
Anglade prefers the tram
In turn, the Liberal leader reiterated that she wanted the Quebec tramway to cross to Lévis in a third phase of network development. According to studies, the infrastructure might end up on a tunnel or on a bridge, first said Mr.me Anglade during the evening of the chefs at Radio-Canada.
However, at the end of the segment, the chef affirmed that the studies might also confirm the uselessness of the third link to put the tram there.
There might be nothing as a result of the studies? “School dependent,” she replied. “But, there might also be a way to ensure that the transport goes to Lévis.”
Mme Anglade assures that it is necessary to reduce traffic in Quebec, but that the plan “will depend on science”.
– With the collaboration of Nicolas Lachance, Parliamentary Office
