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Calling major investments in transportation this generation’s equivalent of the province’s past hydroelectric projects, Premier Philippe Couillard presented Quebec’s first long-term sustainable mobility policy Tuesday, with promises to cut the amount of money and time people spend commuting and to significantly reduce greenhouse gases by 2030.

“It is a way to transform Quebec into a province that is more prosperous, more equitable, more green and more mobile,” said Couillard, who arrived at the news conference by métro in a voyage that was captured by videographers and presented to attendees on giant screens.

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Investments in Montreal’s future light-rail electric train line, the extension of the métro’s Blue Line, Quebec City’s tramway system and future projects serving the northern and southern suburbs of Montreal and the regions of Quebec “will be the James Bay of our era,” Couillard said, referring to the province’s massive 1970s hydro project.