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Kate 19:54 on 2020-10-19 Permalink Reply  

• Jack 10:13 on 2020-10-20 Permalink

  I really don’t have access to any more information that is being published and even that seems weak on this story. There is something more here.
  The one thing I do know is that Stephane Plante is a long term municipal cadre that has presided over a borough that has seen its former mayor jailed for corruption. This along with the fact that UPAC is still investigating corruption in that borough, which led sadly to the suicide of one its managers.
  Sue Montgomery comes in with a clear mandate to change the way the borough operates. Conflict opens up between Senior management and the elected mayor. This is the group that judges… https://www.cmq.gouv.qc.ca/fr/la-commission/l-organisation
  Is there a conflict of interests here? Lifer Civil Servants at the Provincial level deciding on what is a toxic work environment? Do you think someone like Stephane Plante understands these career civil servants preoccupations.
  There is something about this situation that does not make sense.
  One is Valerie Plante’s reaction.

• Ian 10:26 on 2020-10-20 Permalink

  It’s kind of amazing that the Projet Montreal councillors circled the wagon against Montgomery to get rid of the bike path, of all things.

  We need to remember these names in the next election – Valerie Plante’s head will probably roll but a lot of political characters just flip parties.

• dwgs 10:44 on 2020-10-20 Permalink

  Surely it’s just a coincidence that a few days before these new charges came about Annalisa Harris filed a complaint with the CNESST. Also, Sue Montgomery is holding McQueen’s feet to the fire because she found out that money which had been earmarked for the Decarie / de Maisonneuve intersection had been spent elsewhere.

• walkerp 10:50 on 2020-10-20 Permalink

  I agree with your analysis here, Jack. This most recent move of piling on of charges really does look like a tactic to increase pressure rather than any actual attempt to get at the truth and fix the issues in the running of the borough. I am leaning my support from the middle to several ticks towards Sue Montgomery.

• Tim S. 11:20 on 2020-10-20 Permalink

  I know nothing about Stephane Plante or any of the bureaucrats. I have met and seen in action most of the elected officials, and if all five councillors – who come from different backgrounds and have their own reasons to not like or cooperate with each other – are united against Montgomery, then I’ll tend to lean to their side. Is there any other issue on which Lionel Perez and Valerie Plante agree?

• Ian 11:24 on 2020-10-21 Permalink

  That’s what they want you to think.

  This is exactly the same treatment Giuliana Fumagalli is getting in V-SM-PE… Once PM circles their wagons, they will stonewall everything to make you look ineffective, even if it means voting along with the opposition, even if it means stuff like bike paths or tenants’ rights gets the heave-ho.

  “Une séance extraordinaire du conseil d’arrondissement aura lieu demain, le jeudi 22 octobre, à 9h. La période des questions est ouverte.
  Suite à mon véto à la dernière séance du conseil d’arrondissement, les élu.es seront à nouveau invités à voter sur la motion déposée conjointement par Ensemble et Projet Montréal pour autoriser la fusion des logements dans l’arrondissement.
  Pourquoi suis-je la seule dans notre arrondissement à vouloir protéger les locataires des évictions abusives alors que nous vivons une crise du logement sans précédent? Je n’arrive toujours pas à comprendre les motivations de mes collègues !
  Si Projet Montréal voulait, on pourrait tellement en faire plus dans notre arrondissement!”

  Giuliana Fumagalli