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Never look a gift horse in the mouth, or so the saying goes.
Perhaps this is especially true when it comes to massive investments in public transit, like the game-changing project announced by the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec just before Christmas.
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The $10-billion REM de l’Est, which will reshape the city’s east end, has elated Premier François Legault, whose green strategy hinges on the electrification of transportation. It has also given Mayor Valérie Plante a victory for part of her proposed Pink Line of the métro and a release valve for the usually overcrowded Orange Line. It has been cheered by environmentalists and transit activists for knitting together far-flung and underserved neighbourhoods where cars rule. And business groups hope it will open up disused industrial land
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