Politics / Politique
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Photo du jour: Ça arrive
Graffiti on Groll, between Waverly and Saint-Urbain.
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Isabelle Hudon reacts
Photo by Marketel After many weeks of waiting, this afternoon I finally had a chance to speak with Isabelle Hudon, chairperson of the board at the SociétÃ...
By Adam Bemma -
City Hall Update: Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles by-election
A by-election has been called for June 6 in order to elect a new borough mayor for Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles following the resignation of...
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Webcams for democracy
« Le peuple n’a jamais eu autant de pouvoir que sur Internet. » – Valentin Lacambre De la Ville de Montréal : Dans un esprit de plus grande...
By Émile Thomas -
Bonaventure Project (update)
At the end of March, the Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) plans to release it’s report and recommendations from the Quartier...
By Adam Bemma -
Longevity in municipal politics
Unlike most cities in North America, Montreal’s municipal politics are organized around formal political parties. One effect that this has is to...
By Devin Alfaro -
City Hall Update: Campaign Expenses
Yesterday the 2009 municipal campaign expense reports were made public by the DGEQ. Here are the total expenses of the three main Montreal parties...
By Devin Alfaro -
The Lower Main’s Last Stand
This January, the Société de Développement Angus acquired two properties on Saint-Laurent and Ste-Catherine: Main Importing Grocery and building that...
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City Hall Update: Budget Adopted
This Monday the Montreal City Council met for its annual marathon budget meeting. Concillors were convened at 9:30 on Monday morning and it wasn’t...
By Devin Alfaro -
The Parking Lot Tax
Surface parking lots in downtown Montreal. As I mentioned in my post last week about the 2010 City of Montreal budget, one of the new measures it includes...
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City Hall Update: 2010 Budget
In a special meeting of City Council today, Mayor Tremblay tabled the 2010 Budget of the City of Montreal, establishing his main priorities for the year...
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Le Beautiful People de notre conseil municipal
Les gagnants du Gala annuel de Mlle Chinoise de Montréal 2009 « La beauté ne vient pas d’un beau corps, mais de belles actions. » – Thalès de...
By Émile Thomas