"Did the Conservatives serve you so well? Asks the Bloc to the people of Quebec | Elections Canada 2019

In a press briefing at Chantier Davie Canada's facilities in Levis, he said he had a question to ask people in Quebec City and the surrounding area. I do not suggest that the answer, but if there is a reflection, it will already be something interesting.

Tell me, in the Quebec City area, are the Conservatives being served so well? Did you have your share? Did you have real achievements?

The Davie should have been proof of the (Conservative) commitment to the region, to Levis and to the people of the region, and it did not happen, lamented Mr. Blanchet.

The leader of the Bloc recalled that it was the Conservative government of Stephen Harper that had established in 2011 the National Shipbuilding Strategy (SNCN), a $ 100 billion project over 30 years. Since then, the Levis shipyard has only received a small portion. The Irving shipyards in Halifax and Seaspan in Vancouver were unfairly favored, the Bloc said.

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As for the Liberals, they had everything to gain by giving contracts, but they did not do it (…) because there are powerful lobbies that have direct access to the ear of the federalist prime ministers, according to Yves-Francois Blanchet.

Qualifying everything from deeply obnoxious, he argued that, that strategy, if there had been a strong Bloc at that time, it would never have happened as it exists today.

Conservative leader Andrew Scheer, who was in Quebec City, denied Mr. Blanchet's claims.

It's completely wrong, he said. "Our Conservative government has ensured that Davie has the Asterix contract. And one of the first decisions that Justin Trudeau has tried to make is to cancel this contract with the Norman case. "

It is clear to Quebeckers that it is our party that has always supported Davie and only our party.

According to Mr. Scheer, it's thanks to pressures that the Conservative opposition exercised on the Trudeau government that Chantier Davie Canada was able to obtain some contracts.

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In any event, the Bloc Quebecois leader called for a series of measures, including the cancellation of contracts already granted to other companies (but not yet signed) for them to be handed over to Davie. Yes, we are herehe assured.

The Bloc is also asking Ottawa to make Chantier Davie Canada the SNCN's third partner – which should not meet with too much resistance, both Conservatives and Liberals have announced such an intention – and to launch a commission of inquiry into the matter. in order to respond to the questions raised during the trial of Vice-Admiral Mark Norman and by contracts awarded to the Irving shipyard at exorbitant prices following intensive lobbying.

He also wants to award Davie the contract for a second supply tanker, the Obelix, that of Asterix having been so successful, as well as all those icebreakers that are currently the subject of discussions.

Finally, he asked for the cancellation of the lease with option to purchase a third ferry for Marine Atlantic, so that the Davie was given the task of building it.

The third link and the tramway

Andrew Scheer said Tuesday that only the Conservative Party supports the construction of a tunnel between Quebec City and Levis passing under the island of Orleans. We will be a partner.

It's only me, as prime minister, who can make the third link. All other parties are against the third link.

We support this project because we know that the people of Quebec want this project, it is very clearScheer added. And we know that the city and the province are doing the right thing to ensure that it meets very high environmental standards.

He did not want to limit Ottawa's potential financial contribution: We will look at the numbers. This will be the subject of negotiations. We will respect the traditional principles (regarding financial participation) of the federal government.

Yves-Francois Blanchet reiterated that he would wait for the report of the Bureau of Public Hearings on the Environment (BAPE) before making a decision.

At the same time, a Scheer government would honor Mr. Trudeau's commitment to the Quebec City light rail system. We will respect the projects that have already been approvedsaid the Conservative leader.

The Liberal Party said earlier in a statement that the Conservative Party intended to cancel federal funding of $ 1.2 billion from Quebec's structuring transportation project. It's another lie from the Liberalssaid Scheer, who has guaranteed the amounts as expected.

The projections suggest that the majority of voters in the Quebec City area, including Bellechasse-Les Etchemins-Levis and Levis-Lotbiniere, could opt for the Conservatives again on October 21. Quebec and Louis-Hebert could however favor the Liberals, as they did in 2015. And the struggle is tight between these two formations in Beauport-Limoilou. In Beauce, the leader of the Popular Party, Maxime Bernier, is neck and neck with Conservative Richard Lehoux.

However, it is not at all excluded that one or two Bloc members could sneak in, especially in Montmagny-L'Islet-Kamouraska-Riviere-du-Loup.