Lion school bus woes should make Quebec revisit electrification plan, critics say

MONTREAL - The abrupt withdrawal of 1,200 Lion electric school buses from the roads in Quebec is prompting renewed criticism of the provincial government's approach to electrification — and of its decision to give one local company a virtual monopoly.

Many school bus routes in Quebec remained cancelled Monday following the government's decision to pull all Lion buses out of service after a bus in Montreal caught fire last week.