Plante opens her books, Coderre doesn’t
Valérie Plante is opening her tax returns for the last four years, but Denis Coderre is refusing to follow suit.
Coderre also says he will reveal what he’s been doing for the last four years – if he’s elected. Which means that anyone voting for him is buying a pig in a poke.
steph 19:25 on 2021-10-31 Permalink
IIRC that pig in a poke American politician did the same, and it worked.
Kate 19:40 on 2021-10-31 Permalink
Once.
Phil M 06:01 on 2021-11-01 Permalink
She’s been mayor for the past four years. We already know what her tax returns are. This is not the example of transparency it’s being made out as.
dhomas 07:02 on 2021-11-01 Permalink
The story is obviously not about Plante being transparent about her income, but about Coderre (and to a lesser extent, Holness) refusing to be. What does he have to hide? This seems like a recurring theme with him. Last time, he didn’t want to release the information about the Formula E until after the election (though it ended up coming out before the election). What we learned during the last election is that when he seems to be hiding something, he usually is.
Kate 08:27 on 2021-11-01 Permalink
Phil M, yes, we know what she earns as mayor – the question would be about any other sources of income. As it would be about Coderre.
But we know what we need to about Denis. When he wasn’t elected mayor, he distanced himself from city politics, letting his colistière sit rather than doing any of the “lesser” work himself. He’s only interested in city affairs if he can be the big boss.