Ottawa and CN reach agreement to buy back the Pont de Québec

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In December, Jean-Yves Duclos, the minister of public services and procurement, told Radio-Canada that the federal government had sent an offer to CN to buy the bridge. 

Bridge was privatized in 1993, but feds had said they wanted to buy it back

A bridge with a sunflare
A view of the Pont de Québec as the sun rises. The federal government has reached an agreement to buy back the bridge which was privatized in 1993. (Geneviève Poulin/Radio-Canada)

The federal government has reached an agreement to buy back the Pont de Québec from the Canadian National Railway (CN).

Radio-Canada has confirmed the buyback and says that an official announcement will happen in the coming days. 

In December, Jean-Yves Duclos, the minister of public services and procurement, told Radio-Canada that the federal government had sent an offer to CN to buy the bridge. 

The bridge was privatized in 1993 and is the property of CN, which manages the bridge, although the Quebec government is the bridge’s main tenant. 

In 2019, the federal government said it intended to buy back the structure. 

With files from Radio-Canada

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