PQ would pull the plug on REM in favour of trams, express buses

 A Parti Québécois government would pull the plug on a proposed Montreal-area electric train network (REM) and point its funding toward a network of tramways, high-speed buses and extensions and improvements to the existing commuter train system.
The PQ’s transport plan, dubbed “le grand déblocage” — the big breakthrough — calls for nine express bus routes in the east and west of Montreal and on the North and South Shore, as well as five tr