The REM (Reseau Express Metropolitain)
Channel: Paige Saunders
Date: 2020-05-08

In our first video produced based on patron votes we get into the biggest, boldest and most high stakes project since Jean Drapeau swung his dick around town. Montreal explodes back onto the transit infrastructure scene after decades of dormancy with style. Will the REM change the city for the better, or like it's mega-project predecessors will it again scare away politicians for decades? Can Montreal afford the liability involved in keeping corrupt engineering giant SNC Lavalin afloat? Will Laval ever get a seat at the transit table?

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[1] https://rem.info/en#map
[2] https://rem.info/en/partners
[3]https://www.railjournal.com/passenger/metros/cdpq-infra-awards-contracts-for-montreal-rem/
[4]https://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/snc-lavalin-subsidiaries-barred-from-public-contracts-in-quebec-for-five-years
[5]https://dailyhive.com/montreal/rem-light-train-new-budget 
[6]https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/fournier-charged-snc-lavalin-1.4260367
[7] https://business.financialpost.com/news/snc-lavalin-bid-rigging-scam-extended-beyond-montreal-exec-tells-inquiry
[8]https://business.financialpost.com/news/fp-street/ex-manager-sentenced-to-39-months-prison-in-hospital-corruption-fraud
[9]https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2019/02/28/snc-lavalin-spent-195m-on-escorts-booze-for-libyan-dictators-son.html
[10] https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/snc-lavalin-corruption-fraud-bribery-libya-muhc-1.5010865
[11] https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/election-financing-snclavalin-charbonneau-1.4984823
[12]https://www.worldbank.org/en/news/press-release/2013/04/17/world-bank-debars-snc-lavalin-inc-and-its-affiliates-for-ten-years
[13]https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/canada-slips-in-global-corruption-ranking-in-aftermath-of-snc-lavalin-scandal-1.4782290
[14]https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/west-island-gazette/dorval-mayor-says-feds-province-dithering-over-rem-extension-tab/
[15] https://courrierlaval.com/prolongement-du-rem-a-laval-sous-etude/ 
[16] http://coolopolis.blogspot.com/2019/08/monorail-to-laval-how-montrealers.html