Projet councillor quits the party
Projet councillor Christian Arseneault, who represents Loyola in CDN-NDG, has quit the party to sit as an independent. He says he has “fundamentally lost faith in this administration’s ability to represent and defend the interests of the citizens of CDN-NDG.” (source: Facebook)
david14 02:10 on 2020-12-10 Permalink
Without really taking any credit for giving voice to something everyone knows, I’ve been saying this for months:
des élus de Projet Montréal se disent frustrés parce que des dossiers sont mis de côté pour faire place à d’autres priorités déterminées par le cabinet Plante.
Uh, yeah. It’s called le cabinet Plante is smarter than les élus de Projet Montréal.
The crew around Plante is gearing up for reelection, necessitating that they reimpose the Iron Law of Montreal politics: strong mayor who champions a very few highly visible popular projects, but stays away from controversies, and mostly focuses on keeping the pot-holes filled. Consultative, atomized/de-centralized party governance just isn’t in the DNA of this town, and probably never will be.
PM has been cleaning house of the people who won’t come on board, and this guy is the latest but not the last before the election.
Kevin 10:08 on 2020-12-10 Permalink
And yet Plante waded into language politics…
dwgs 10:25 on 2020-12-10 Permalink
On a tangential note, an emergency borough meeting has been called for this afternoon in NDG/CDN. The funding that was offered to the YMCA included a proviso that they continue to serve the community for at least 7 years. Apparently Arsenault, Magda P., and McQueen think this is unreasonable.
Mark Côté 13:21 on 2020-12-10 Permalink
NDG’s unfair share of the city budget has been a big issue here for quite a while; it pops up on NDG Facebook groups regularly.