The Parti Québécois Parti Québécois said it would opt out of the federal high-speed rail project if it forms government after the October election, citing the project’s high costs and other funding priorities.
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre-Plamondon said the billions of dollars projected to be spent on the project should instead go to fixing infrastructure and funding other priorities such as health care, education, and safety.
“I can’t justify to Quebecers that their money be sunk into a pharaonic project that, according to studies, will have little impact on traffic on our roads and that risks turning into a massive financial fiasco,” St-Pierre-Plamondon said in a June 9 statement….