Possible toll on the 3rd link: the Legault government "lack of courage", according to Maxime Bernier

The Legault government "lacks courage" in considering imposing a toll on the eventual 3^e link because of federal reluctance, believes the leader of the People's Party of Canada (CPP), Maxime Bernier.

"As a Beauceron, as a Quebecker, I am for (a third link), but I am against a toll," responded Mr. Bernier, after the Minister of Transport, François Bonnardel, opened the door to a toll on the future tunnel Québec-Lévis.

According to what Mr. Bonnardel suggested, it is for lack of a clear commitment from the current federal government that we must now consider this possibility, which had, until now, always been ruled out by the CAQ, starting with its Chief, François Legault.

If the Caquist government had to go for a toll, it would make the choice of "the facility," believes the member for Beauce, who promises to lower the tax burden on Canadians by $ 25 billion to $ 40 billion.

Business support

"For a politician, it's always easy to tax citizens," Bernier said, urging the Quebec government to look into its own budget instead of waiting for a federal contribution.

"The Quebec government should have the courage to look into its expenses, it would be able to find the money to build its own 3^e link, "says the head of the CPP.

"What I suggest to them is to look into business subsidies," he continued. In this regard, the former Conservative estimates that the Quebec government could recover about $ 4 billion in subsidies of all kinds that are currently being paid "unfairly" to businesses.

Infrastructure Program

The man who aspires to become prime minister of Canada also promises to abolish the current federal infrastructure program, set up "to buy votes," according to him.

The head of the CPP says that under his leadership, only national projects would be supported by Ottawa.

«A 3^e Link is a regional infrastructure and it should be paid for by the provincial government, "said Bernier.

"I think it's unfair to force Quebeckers to pay taxes in Ottawa, and after that, Ottawa take this money to finance regional projects, for example in British Columbia," he said. observed. And vice versa: why take money from British Columbia and fund regional projects elsewhere? "