{"id":4535,"date":"2009-11-03T02:39:18","date_gmt":"2009-11-03T07:39:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spacingmontreal.ca\/?p=4535"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:38:20","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T16:38:20","slug":"transit-and-the-election-1-step-forward-2-steps-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spacing.ca\/montreal\/2009\/11\/03\/transit-and-the-election-1-step-forward-2-steps-back\/","title":{"rendered":"Transit and the Election: 1 step forward, 2 steps back"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So Projet Montr\u00e9al, the party who put transit at the top of the agenda\u00a0 -at least before cries of corruption drowned out any other issue- earned 10 seats on the municipal council. Their support rose from 9% in 2005 to 25% across the island. The fact that sustainable development and alternative transportation preoccupy even a quarter of Montrealers is the sign of a rapidly rising tide of ideas.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s just one problem: Projet Montr\u00e9al didn&#8217;t win the top spot. So who is actually going to be in charge of transportation?<\/p>\n<p>Not Andr\u00e9 Lavall\u00e9e, who was behind Montreal&#8217;s innovative transportation plan and who brought us BIXI. He came in dead last in his riding. And not Michel Labrecque, who was a founding member of V\u00e9lo Qu\u00e9bec and president of the <em>Comit\u00e9 R\u00e9gional de l&#8217;Environnement<\/em> before Tremblay appointed president of the STM. He was beaten by the Projet Montr\u00e9al candidate in the Plateau.<\/p>\n<p>Tremblay has said that he&#8217;s not looking at forming coalitions, which means that these guys are likely to be replaced with less competent folks.<\/p>\n<p>Not good.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and who&#8217;s going to update the urban plan next year, another one of Lavall\u00e9e&#8217;s jobs?<\/p>\n<p>The problem isn&#8217;t that Tremblay got re-elected, the problem is which of his cronies made the cut. And who did get in? Let&#8217;s see, the guy in charge of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/business\/Montreal+infrastructure+czar+clams\/2148268\/story.html\">road construction<\/a>. We all know how <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theglobeandmail.com\/news\/national\/montreal-mafia-controls-80-per-cent-of-road-contracts-whistleblower-says\/article1325552\/\">smoothly<\/a> that&#8217;s going. Then there was the one <a href=\"http:\/\/www.montrealgazette.com\/news\/City+probes+Anjou+contracts\/2152775\/story.html\">under investigation<\/a> for being in cahoots with local contractors&#8230; and the list goes on.<\/p>\n<p>I didn&#8217;t think it was possible, but city hall may have just gotten worse.<\/p>\n<p>_____<\/p>\n<p>Finally, since I haven&#8217;t seen it anywhere else, here&#8217;s the list of elected Projet Montr\u00e9al representatives and their ridings. Five Projet Montr\u00e9al borough councillors were also elected.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Pierre Gagnier (Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough Mayor)<\/li>\n<li>\u00c9milie Thuillier (Ahuntsic-Cartierville City councillor)<\/li>\n<li>Peter Mcqueen (NDG City Councillor)<\/li>\n<li>Luc Ferrandez (Plateau Borough Mayor)<\/li>\n<li>Jos\u00e9e Duplessis (Plateau Councillor)<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Richard Ryan<\/span> Alex Norris (Plateau Councillor)<\/li>\n<li>Nim\u00e2 Val\u00e9rie Machouf (Plateau Councillor) &#8211; <em>to be replaced by Richard Bergeron.<\/em><\/li>\n<li>Fran\u00e7ois Limoges (Rosemont-Petite-Patrie Councillor)<\/li>\n<li>Marc-Andr\u00e9 Gadoury (Rosemont-Petite-Patrie Councillor)<\/li>\n<li>Pierre Mainville (Ville Marie Councillor)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So Projet Montr\u00e9al, the party who put transit at the top of the agenda\u00a0 -at least before cries of corruption drowned out any other issue- earned 10 seats on the municipal council. 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