Montreal North will decide on Will Prosper
Like Toula Drimonis in her CultMTL piece I’ve been watching each Journal de Montréal columnist weigh in, one by one, on the “shocking, shocking scandal” of Will Prosper running for mayor of Montreal North.
Only, as Toula points out, Prosper was never charged with any crime, let alone convicted. And, as she also says, it’s up to the voters in that borough to have their say. Nothing formally disqualifies Prosper from his candidacy or from serving as mayor if he’s elected.
MarcG 12:33 on 2021-08-24 Permalink
Here’s an article from Yves Engler article about Prosper, Coderre, and Haiti. https://yvesengler.com/2021/08/20/is-denis-coderre-fit-to-run-for-mayor-of-montreal/
Kate 13:25 on 2021-08-24 Permalink
Really something. Buried in there was the fact that Sue Montgomery wrote a column in 2006 against Coderre. (Engler says “another municipal politician, Sue Montgomery, penned a Montreal Gazette column…” but I’m pretty sure that, at that point, Montgomery wasn’t a politician yet, so no conflict of interest was involved. She was a Gazette writer for a long time before going into politics.)
walkerp 14:06 on 2021-08-24 Permalink
The image of the 5 Journal “columnists” including the two worst of the dog whistlers, it is all just so clear and out there the racism. Imagine Bock-Cote actually stepping foot in Montreal Nord, but suddenly he cares about the people there.
Yves Engler 15:53 on 2021-08-24 Permalink
Kate is correct. Montgomery was gazette columnist then
Kate 17:41 on 2021-08-24 Permalink
Thanks, Yves.
Do you think there’s been a vendetta against Montgomery in her borough because of the article, or am I seeing things that aren’t there?
Chris 09:25 on 2021-08-25 Permalink
>…was never charged with any crime, let alone convicted
That’s the old standard. Now, if a sufficiently large twitter mob says you’re guilty, you’re cancelled.
MarcG 11:56 on 2021-08-25 Permalink
Here’s the Gazette article for anyone interested.
Kate 12:40 on 2021-08-25 Permalink
MarcG, that link is not working, but I can’t fix it because I can’t tell what you’re trying to link to.
MarcG 13:34 on 2021-08-25 Permalink
I guess you need to be logged into BanQ to gain access. Does this work? You should be redirected to the login page and then afterwards be redirected to the article.
Meezly 18:26 on 2021-08-25 Permalink
Pretty disgusting and pathetic smear campaign. Municipal politics is ugly but this is pretty low. The Plante admin has their flaws but they are by far the lesser of the evils we have in terms of our depressing choices.