Miranda eyes city mayoralty
Anjou’s Luis Miranda is considering putting himself up for the city mayoralty.
Miranda, 70, made headlines in 2022 for ranting at a teenager for asking a civil question during a council session. He hasn’t got a snowball’s chance in hell.
Notice how all the opponents of Projet are going to be, one way or another, on the side of motorists.
Robert H 18:13 on 2025-04-09 Permalink
Yes, motorists are the squeaky wheel, and Bicycle paths are the convenient, all-purpose poster issue for everybody who’s annoyed at Valerie Plante and Projet Montréal not only in the city itself, but throughout the whole CMA. It’s a perfect issue through which an activist or politician can channel, consolidate and weaponize resentment and frustration. Of course, it doesn’t matter that les pistes cyclables take up less than 1.5 % of Greater Montreal’s transport infrastructure. It’s the visibility that counts. Everybody knows c’est la faute de la clic du Plateau qui fait la guerre à l’auto.