Premier named honorary mayor of Quebec

The headline on this brief piece says François Legault was named honorary mayor of Quebec City on Thursday, but the text says the premier is ex officio honorary mayor already under the National Capital Act. I did not know that. I suppose the ceremony allows the actual mayor to do a bit of ass‑kissing.

Legault is also quoted saying he wants to make Quebec City the second biggest city in Quebec. According to this Quebec government page, it’s already the second biggest by population with 557,390 residents in 2022, ahead of Laval at #3 with 446,476. Did Legault not know this, or did he mean by area?