City at grips with Quebec
When the CAQ government was elected we knew this would mean Montreal vs. the ROQ, and that’s how it’s rolling.
The city is trying to get changes in the new taxi law, saying the new rules may be fine in the ROQ but not here. The city wants to run its taxis as it sees fit but the CAQ is determined to make no exceptions for Montreal.
CAQ transport minister Chantal Rouleau – also “responsable de la Métropole” – is snarking at Valérie Plante for expressing doubts about the Caisse de dépôt’s sudden enthusiasm for running more REM lines north and south of town without considering the domino effect of pouring more people onto a metro system already overloaded at rush hour. The mayor wants the ARTM to make decisions about urban transit, not the provincial pension manager, but it has the upper hand.
And the brief debate on Bill 21 begins tomorrow as the CAQ attempts to make Montreal look and behave more like Joliette.
It could get worse. We could elect the Tories in October.
Ian 21:38 on 2019-05-06 Permalink
*knocks on wood, vigorously
Chris 10:30 on 2019-05-07 Permalink
If the Libs don’t get a second term, they have only themselves to blame.
Ian 10:39 on 2019-05-07 Permalink
If the voting population once again pulls a “we’re mad at the Liberals so we’re going to give the conservatives a majority until they scare some sense into us” we have only ourselves to blame.
Chris 11:39 on 2019-05-07 Permalink
Ian, there’d be no blame in that case, since the point of democracy is to choose who you prefer. Also, we could do as Nanaimo did and not limit ourselves to 2 choices, which is of course made easier thanks to the proportional representation the Libs promised and delivered, oh wait…
Christopher DeWolf 12:19 on 2019-05-07 Permalink
The Liberals have nobody but themselves to blame for their woes, but at the same time, I will never understand anyone who would be totally cool with an Andrew Scheer government just because they’re mad at Trudeau. It’s like being upset that your pasta is oversalted so you throw it out and decide to eat yesterday’s garbage instead.
qatzelok 12:31 on 2019-05-07 Permalink
It would be sad if Canadians exchanged one rentier-class party for another, yet again.
Ian 13:13 on 2019-05-07 Permalink
Hey don’t look at me, I’ve never voted for the Conservatives or Liberals in any election over the 30+ years I’ve been old enough to vote.
The sad fact is that without the vote reform the Liberals literally promised, we are effectively in a 2-party system because everyone is so afraid of the possibility that the party being punished this time around might get in that any vote for a party other than Scheer or Trudeau is considered a scary wasted vote. People don’t actually choose who they prefer because they have been manipulated by the main political parties and mass media.
Ian 15:52 on 2019-05-07 Permalink
Or, a more light-hearted perspective: https://www.thebeaverton.com/2019/02/liberals-suddenly-decide-proportional-representation-might-be-a-good-idea-after-all/