Philippe Couillard wants rapid transit link between Montreal and Quebec City

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillardwants to build a new rapid transit line between Montreal and Quebec City.

"We will get Quebec out of this unsustainable logic of always more roads for more cars," he said Sunday at a Quebec LiberalParty convention.

"I want a modern, new, comfortable, revolutionary way of going between Quebec and Montreal that will generate the envy of other people on the planet."

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While Couillarddidn't say what form the link between the two cities would take, he ruled out the idea of a light-rail train system.

He did, however, say that he liked the idea of scientist Dr. Pierre Couture, who has been proposing ahigh-speed monorailfor years.

Couillarddubbed the rapid transit line a"major project" for the province and called for creative proposals.

Many delegates at the weekend's convention saythe strong economy and low unemployment rate are giving them reason to look forward to next election.

"The province is in good health because of these people here who are running it the right way," saidLouise Lachance, the delegate for Huntington.

CAQ talks families atparty convention

At theweekend's party convention for theCoalition Avenir Qubec, leaderFranois Legaultsaid familieswould be at the centre of their next election platform.

"When I tourQuebec, I often meet fathers and mothers of families who tell me that they work hard, but at the end of the month, they have trouble paying all their bills,"Legaulttold the energetic crowd.

Legaultdidn't go into specifics as to how he would help families, but said he wants to "put more money into the wallets of parents who want a second or third child."

Encouraging Quebecers to have more children is also one of the ways to preserve Quebec identity within Canada, he said.

"The CAQ will be the government of families," he added.