Tourism Minister and Transport Minister to discuss the Amiral train A__________ Gilles Gagne not on the edge of the cliff,’1 by Quebec’s Transport min­ said minister Vien in Gaspe. istry. That ministry acquired Genevieve Gel i nas In Carleton the following the Matapedia-Gaspe line in day, she was submitted to nu­ May, after expressing its in­ GASPE AND CARLETON: merous questions regarding tention. to buy it on March 2. - Quebec’s Tourism Minister the Amiral train, and she had The former owner, the Dominique Vien intends to a little more to say, although Gaspesie Railway Society, an talk to Transport Minister the message hardly changed. entity controlled by the area's Robert Poeti and ask him if “It is a situation that bears municipalities, had been ex­ he can accelerate the process a quantity of challenges. We periencing financial difficul­ that currently blocks the Ami­ must be vigilant and put em­ ties for months at the time. ral tourist train from being ac­ phasis on safety (...) The idea The acquisition of the line tive this tourist season. is to resume the sendee as by Transport-Quebec has not Minister Vien. was on the soon as possible. 1 will carry accelerated the process lead­ Gaspe Peninsula., July 22 and the message and express it ing to repairing the 23 to conduct meetings with clearly. I must get more infor­ Haldimand bridge, closed the region’s tourism stake­ mation. I want to check with until the work is complete. holders. She did not make any Robert Poeti. to see if there is The call for tenders was specific announcement. She a way to accelerate things,” still awaited, during the fourth knew very little about the said Minister Vien. week of July, and two months Amiral tourist train when she She was informed that the of work are required to repair first met the press in Gaspe. Quebec government put the bridge. A go-ahead before “1 was informed about the money into the Amiral train. mid-August is unlikely so the train file only this morning “It is a delicate situation. work wouldn’t be complete when 1 stopped at Escale If we put money in that, it is before mid-October, too late Gaspesie (the body in charge because there is potential. for most of the cruise ship of promoting and greeting The information currently clientele. cruise ships in Gaspe and available tells us that a safety The uncertainty forced the Perce). 1 told Gaetan Lelievre, issue is the source of the cancellation of the eight trips Parti quebecois MNA for the problem,” she said in Car­ scheduled for the end of the riding of Gaspe that 1 will leton. summer and the early fall. commit to having a discus­ Repairs worth slightly Cruise ship lines were also sion with Robert Poeti. I am more than $1 million were forced to cancel in. 2012 be­ unable to comment forth on scheduled on the Ha Id i ma nd cause of line repairs and the the file (...) The cruise ship railway bridge over this year, fact that the train was not industry is growing. We are conditional to a grant allotted ready..