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The government of Québec goes back on their "public transit or nothing" pledge on 3rd link (lemmy.world)
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I have potentially devastating news.

The provincial government of Québec announced in April that the "third link", a tunnel to cross the river between Québec City and it's suburbs, would either be car-free, or it would not be built. At the time, a lot of people across the province celebrated. Some car brains were unhappy, but that's fine. They're never happy anyway, whatever is done. Studies showed that current traffic did not require a new automobile bridge, and that it would invite traffic that the city couldn't handle.

Yesterday, there were provincial elections in that region, and the party in power lost a seat. They immediately started playing defense and said "maybe we should consult the local population on whether we should make it automotive after all".

We all know where this is going. They'll make that dumbass bridge for cars. The prime Minister can't walk back on his word a third time and still win his elections in 3 years.

I may not live in the region, but I truly believe these people should have access to rapid transit to Quebec. My taxes shouldn't go towards building an automobile bridge to our beautiful city of Québec. I believe strongly that an automotive bridge would create enough induced demand to gridlock Québec City. This is so wrong and I'm sitting here, powerless.

I don't know what I can do. I don't even live there. It just makes me sad that we can make the REM in Montreal, but then put doubt in the Third link in Québec. We can't have nice things.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Yeah, if you can't see the difference between the locations then I guess this conversation isn't worth continuing... Anti-nuclear "greens" are killing the movement's credibility...

Edit: Looking back at your first comment "most bs government in 20 years", guess you're not very old to not remember the Liberals that got elected 20 years ago!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

C'est vrai que c'est pas pareil! Ça remonte à quand le dernier tremblement de terre au Québec déjà!? Oh la semaine passée vraiment? Anyway je suis prêt à prendre le risque, de toute façon j'habite pas à Québec donc c'est pas mon problème.

Pour mon 1er commentaire, je maintiens que c'est le pire gouvernement depuis "au moins" 20 ans, oui. Pire que les libéraux de Charest, oui. C'est un parti de division : catholique vs les autres, Montréal vs le reste de la province, québécois de souche vs immigrants, propriétaire vs locataires, entrepeneurs vs salariés. Ce parti ne fait qu'accentuer les divisons entre les québécois, a des fins purement électoralistes. Et je sais pas pourquoi mon âge t'intéresse, mais il y a 20 ans, j'étais déjà en age de voter et non, c'est pas moi qui a fait élire les libéraux, ni le pq d'ailleurs. Tu chercheras l'UMP.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

C'était quoi la magnitude déjà? Combien il y en a au Québec vs au Japon? C'est correct, je comprends, c'est dur d'admettre qu'on comprend pas de quoi on parle 😉

Ok buhbye là!

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Lol, c'est vrai que les japonais sont un peu stupides, toi tu l'aurais assurément prédit cet évènement imprévisible, avec ton intelligence supérieure qui trouve bonne l'idée de sacrer une centrale dans le milieu d'une ville de 500k habitants (je peux pas croire qu'on discute sérieusement de cette joke-là), et ton expertise en nucléaire probablement appuyée sur un cégep en science-humaine et un couple de vidéos youtube. Mais sérieusement, je t'en pris, explique-moi: Comme le nucléaire est une source magique et infini d'énergie sans conséquence négativ, pourquoi est-ce qu'il n'y a pas déjà une centrale nucléaire dans toutes les villes? Complot organisé par les "mauvais" écologistes qui savent pas de quoi ils parlent, partenariat secret entre drags-queen-capitalistes et le parti libéral, scientifiques corrompus? Et pour les déchets, on va les mettre dans la cour au chalet de tes parents je suppose? C'est 100% sécuritaire, non? Ou ben on les ship dans un pays en voie de développement?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Eille tit gars, j'ai dis buhbye, envoye scram avec tes niaiseries