Mayor tweets from Colombia
Her political opponents – and the Journal – are trying to make political hay out of Mayor Plante’s trip to Colombia while the city copes with record snowfall.
Is the woman not allowed to have a vacation?
At any rate, La Presse shows her in a tuque and says nothing about a trip to Colombia.
Joey 14:58 on 2025-02-21 Permalink
She wasn’t on vacation, she was on a “mission économique et diplomatique” even though her term is almost up. Anyway, nobody would’ve noticed if her account hadn’t posted that video, which presumably contained absolutely no upside for her or valuable information for her constituents, who are rightfully pissed off at the weather these days. I don’t think it matters at all from a substantive perspective – it’s not like the mayor can make the snow removal teams work harder or better than they are – but the idea that Montrealers want to hear about her day in the sunshine is absurd, and I suspect if it were Mayor Aref Salam posting it your reaction might be a tiny bit different…
Ian 16:44 on 2025-02-21 Permalink
A mission economique to Colombia on the taxpayet dime does seem awfully convenient. You’d think in the current political climate an interprovincial mission economique would be more appropriate but I guess a trip to Moncton would be less hilarious.