Quebec premier in France talking jobs with Alstom [Video]

On the second day of his economic mission to France, Quebec Premier François Legault visited the offices of Alstom, where he rubbed shoulders with top boss Henri Poupart-Lafarge over the Quebec City third link project and the jobs he wants for the province.

“I suppose he wants the call for tenders not to be renewed, for the old one to exist,” said Legault said on Wednesday morning as he arrived at the rail manufacturer’s world headquarters in Saint-Ouen-sur-Seine, on the outskirts of Paris.

The Quebec government’s lawyers are trying to determine whether it should re-launch the call for tenders that Alstom won for the third link worth more than half a billion dollars.

“There is no clear answer,” Legault repeated to reporters.

The premier noted that he wanted to “develop the company together.”

The day before, he had said that he wanted to “talk about projects with jobs in Quebec.”

At the start of their meeting, Poupart-Lafarge said that …