Coderre scrambles to keep everyone happy
Having realized that his “no booze after 8 in the parks” idea was a lemon, Denis Coderre did an about-face on Thursday.
Trying desperately to find something to say that will keep everyone happy, Coderre is also proposing a hybrid project at the Lachine marina, which city hall has promised to convert into a park. Coderre thinks it can be both!
Update on the latter: a Lachine councillor has joined up with Coderre and plans to run for borough mayor. Her marquee issue: preserve the marina.
Ephraim 13:50 on 2021-06-04 Permalink
So basically, he has no idea what to do.
Kate 14:03 on 2021-06-04 Permalink
He doesn’t have a coherent vision – never did.
david853 14:07 on 2021-06-04 Permalink
Coderre could win my vote back by promising a wholesale repeal of all open container laws or enforcement of provincial laws in this égard.
Kate 15:22 on 2021-06-04 Permalink
And he’d lose votes from people who don’t want rowdy crowds in their parks and streets.
Anyway, no mayoral candidate can promise to openly break provincial law. I just had a scrap about this kind of thing on Facebook with someone angry that Plante had withdrawn Coderre’s promise to make Montreal a sanctuary city. Coderre said that because it made him look good (and he did it, what’s more, in an atmosphere created by Donald Trump, so its relevance here was only notional).
Plante repealed the promise because she knows the city doesn’t have the power to break federal and provincial law. She doesn’t do things to showboat. Coderre does most things to showboat.
thomas 17:57 on 2021-06-04 Permalink
You are correct Kate. Sanctuary cities were in response to a very specific US Federal law (that obliged local enforcement to detain and notify ICE of anyone suspected of being undocumented regardless of whether they committed a crime). There is no such law in Canada so the announcement in Canada was symbolic and had no significance. I wonder if Coderre even bothered to understand the context.
Paul 08:50 on 2021-06-07 Permalink
I’m having deja vu of the micro sidewalk in Parc Laurier…Coderre thought it could be both!
Narrator voice: It couldn’t