QC: Quebec Suppliers Will Have to Compete for REM Train Contracts: Couillard

Quebec businesses will have to be competitive if they want to land supply contracts for the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) train project, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said Thursday.

Couillard was reacting to opposition complaints that the government has turned its back on such Quebec firms as Bombardier by not setting a minimum percentage of Quebec produced content for project.

The contract to provide rolling stock for the train was awarded to Bombardier rival Alstom, a turn of events that has raised concerns about the fate of Bombardier’s production plant in La Pocatière and the firms that supply it.

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