Tag Archives: Politics of Montreal
Tempest in a Teapot
Story out today in the Journal de Montréal about how the Azur Métro cars will be ‘too big and too heavy’ to operate in our Métro tunnels and that work had to be done to adjust the infrastructure so as … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Economic commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Political commentary, Social commentary, Urban Redevelopment, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Commentary, History of the Montreal Métro, Métro de Montréal, Montréal Métro, Montréal Urban Planning, Politics of Montreal, Public Transit in Montreal, STM
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Reconstruction & Obstructionism – the Case for Greater Autonomy
Early one morning late last week Mayor Coderre announced that a portion of the Ville-Marie Expressway will be covered over in time for the city’s 375th anniversary and by the end of the day the idea was shot down in … Continue reading
Posted in A modest proposal, History and Culture, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Montréal Architecture, Montréal Landmarks, Political commentary, Québec sovereignty, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist, Unrealized development projects, Urban Redevelopment, What were they thinking?, Worth reconsidering
Tagged Denis Coderre, Highway Trench, Highways of Montreal, Montréal-Québec Relations, Political autonomy for Montreal, Politics of Montreal, Politics of Québec, Projet Montréal, Richard Bergeron, Urban Planning in Montréal, Urban Redevelopment, Urban Renewal, Ville-Marie Borough, Ville-Marie Expressway
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Montreal Mayors: the Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Meet Laurent Blanchard, Montreal’s latest mayor. By my count he’s number 43 in a list that stretches back to our city’s first mayor, Jacques Viger, in 1832, the year the city was incorporated. To date Montreal’s mayors have been predominantly … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Cultural commentary, Kondiaronk - My Montréal Experience, Let's make this an election issue, Perspectives on the City, Social commentary, Sovereign Socialist
Tagged 2012-2013 Montreal Political Crisis, 2013 Montreal Municipal Election, Mayors of Montréal, Montréal Culture, Montréal Society, Political Commentary, Politics of Montreal
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Brain Drain
Today was just one of those days I suppose. Perhaps you’ve had them too. A day were you read the paper and see the headlines and wonder just what it is you’re doing living in Montreal. Today wasn’t even particularly … Continue reading →
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