Hundreds of oil filled train cars and thousands of merchandise cars speed through the West Island every week. These trains run in close proximity to homes, businesses and intersections.
The federal government has cut back on railway safety and is now increasing the speed limit on the tracks that run...
Last night I participated in federal transport minister Mark Garneau's "Climate Change Town Hall".
Throughout the event, the minister repeatedly spoke in favour of individual actions rather than systemic change and substantial federal government intervention to fight climate change.
During my turn at the microphone, I refused to answer his question...
"The leader of the Green Party of Quebec and candidate in Chicoutimi, Alex Tyrrell, met with the press Monday morning to propose an increase in funding for the Société de transport du Saguenay (STS) in order to make the service free.
Mr. Tyrrell wants to inject $25 million into the...
Last night, Radio-Canada's La Facture revealed that the Bureau du taxi de Montréal is busy seizing vehicles and fining carpoolers.
Benoît Jugand, the general manager of the Bureau du taxi de Montréal acknowledges that the law is ambiguous. The Minister of Transport must legislate quickly to put an end to...
This morning, the Couillard government announced their intention to amend the act respecting the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec in order to allow the Caisse to finance light trains for the new Champlain Bridge and for the West Island of Montreal.
In fact, the allocation of the infrastructure...
It's great to hear that Toyota has divested from the Matamec Rare Earth project in Abitibi-Temiscamingue.
With the withdrawal of Toyota's investment the finances of Matamec Explorations inc are very fragile. Today their stock was trading at 1/4 of what it was a few months ago.
It is vital to continue...
On Friday, December 19, 2014 at 5:45 p.m., I witnessed this muscular arrest by STM security guards at the Vendôme metro station.
The video begins at the moment I entered the station, so I did not witness what provoked this intervention. However, several people at the scene have maintained that...
At a time when Quebec should be turning to public transit to fight climate change, our leaders are doing exactly the opposite.
On Wednesday, the STM announced an increase in public transit fares. Today we learn that the SAAQ will reduce car registration fees by 35% starting in 2016.
These changes...
The Green Party of Quebec supports the many groups of autonomous citizens who are opposed to the exploitation of rare earths in Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
Last week, the provincial government, under the guise of Investissement Québec, allegedly granted a $1 million subsidy to the company responsible for the first project, which is...