Quebec blasts Ottawa over $1B Via Rail contract to Siemens

QUEBEC — Premier François Legault has blasted the federal government for allowing a $1 billion contract to refurbish Via Rail trains slip into foreign hands.
Legault said he was stunned to learn the German firm Siemens would be doing the work and Ottawa failed to ensure a Canadian content clause in the package.
“It’s naive to see our federal government not doing what all other governments including the U.S. do,” Legault told reporters on his way into the legis