Valérie Plante: interview and crit
La Presse interviews Valérie Plante; François Cardinal’s view is that Plante sees Montreal purely in terms of its livability on a neighbourhood level, not so much as a major economic hub. The paper even got a piece from Laurent Blanchard, who was interim mayor briefly in 2013, and who sees Plante mostly as the anti-car mayor, a woman who pounced on the pandemic as a pretext to install bike paths and pedestrian streets.
Tim S. 13:12 on 2020-10-31 Permalink
I don’t know where to start with Cardinal’s column. Maybe simply with the observation that in a capitalist system, I thought governments were supposed to get out of the way and let private enterprise create economic growth? Or that he clearly doesn’t understand the division of powers between municipalities, provinces and the feds?
Ant6n 16:33 on 2020-10-31 Permalink
nice if livability is on the Agenda. It was lacking in governance for a long time.
Su 13:45 on 2020-11-01 Permalink
I guess Francois Cardinal and La Presse would rather the libertarian think tank Montreal Economic Institute should be running our city. Best that the citizens have no say in how the Hub is run.