SPVM chief Caron resigns

Sylvain Caron, chief of the SPVM, has resigned part way through his contract, which ran till the end of 2023. TVA’s account says Caron feels he’s done his bit and, having turned 60, is hanging up his hat. Tuesday morning, CBC radio news says he cited “family reasons.”

But Ensemble’s Aref Salem doesn’t hesitate to put the boot in and blame differences with Projet for Caron’s departure. Also, Salem criticizes Projet for “defunding the police,” when in fact, as pointed out by Ted Rutland, they actually boosted police funding more than any other city in Canada.

If anything, Caron is said to have clashed with the mayor over his plan to reduce the number of police stations. Plante clearly didn’t want to preside over a change that could reduce police responsiveness all over town as has already reportedly been happening in Côte St-Luc-NDG.