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There’s something happening here

What it is ain’t exactly clear.

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— Buffalo Springfield

We live in a city largely frozen in time, where nothing much ever changes dramatically, at least since the days of Expo 67 (let’s just forget the Olympics).

So it’s astonishing to see so many good changes swirling in the air recently — huge projects that could transform Montreal in ways we can’t really imagine. But let’s give it a try:

1) I was flabbergasted by last week’s news we may finally get a fast train to the airport, like normal cities — and a vast new rail system linking the West Island to downtown and the South Shore.

Yes, hardened Cynics-of-Montreal, I know we’ve discussed this idea ever since Sir John A. hammered The Last Spike. But now Quebec’s Caisse de dépôt has committed $3 billion — more than half the cost — while the Trudeau government needs large infrastructure projects to enhance its deficit.