Through the denunciation of a “Attempted sabotage” The liberal Federal Minister Jean-Yves Duclos went too far in the tram file, complained the conservative Gérard Deltell.
The member for Louis-Saint-Laurent appreciated this on Monday on the sidelines of a press conference in Wendake. The latter was responding to Mr. Duclos’ written statement last Thursday, a day after the government refused to give Quebec Mayor Bruno Marchand the green light to implement his Plan B for the tram.
“It is regrettable that Mr. Duclos has made a mistake to this extent,” he said. This is an issue that we have obviously been following for a long time. There were many twists and turns. From there to the sabotage: It’s very unfortunate and absolutely doesn’t help what happens next. »
Speaking of “inflammatory statements”, he added: “Mr Duclos had nothing to do with going so far as to say (…) ‘sabotage’ is a very strict expression for an attack by one government on that of the other “That’s not the right way,” lamented Mr. Deltell.
In his eyes, his Liberal counterpart has the right to be disappointed with the Quebec government’s decision. On the other hand, he doesn’t understand how he could accuse the provincial level of lacking leadership. “At first glance they made a decision. That is leadership. We can be for it, we can be against it. But they have made a decision,” he emphasized.
Conservative approach
When asked to clarify the conservative approach, the elected official insisted that the tram must be built “within the allocated budget” and that we “will not accept cost overruns.” This approach also applies to all projects across Canada and not just the tram, he clarified.
Referring to the last tram budget, which was $8.4 billion, the Conservative MP said he had found “a pretty pharaonic cost overrun”.
Gérard Deltell also said he is waiting for the analysis to be prepared within six months by the Caisse de dépôt etplacement du Québec (CDPQ), which is tasked with analyzing the best structured transport project for Quebec.
In collaboration with Diane Tremblay