1.0Spacing Torontohttps://spacing.ca/torontoShawn Micallefhttps://spacing.ca/toronto/author/shawn-micallef/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="6HjpX3BuxS"><a href="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2005/10/12/more-on-montreal-civic-politics/">More on Montreal Civic Politics</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://spacing.ca/toronto/2005/10/12/more-on-montreal-civic-politics/embed/#?secret=6HjpX3BuxS" width="600" height="338" title="“More on Montreal Civic Politics” — Spacing Toronto" data-secret="6HjpX3BuxS" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> If you’re not busy planning your St. Clair boycott, let your mind wander up the 401 again. In response to my post about Projet Montreal below, and the idea of municipal level parties, Carl Wilson wrote in and shed some light on how things work up there: Actually, Montreal city politics has been a contestContinue reading