A study from McGill claims that the city could double its number of bike paths, since the existing paths only take up a tiny proportion of road space. On the other hand, rising blood pressure among some residents might cause a crisis in the ERs.
A site called peopleforbikes gives Montreal a good rating which Mayor Plante tweets is the best in North America.
CUPE president Mark Hancock says that if continuing the Air Canada strike means jail, ‘so be it’.
Good for him.
If only we had party leaders with this kind of conviction and courage there might still be an NDP.
Yeah, agree with him or not, nice to see someone stand for what he believes in, despite serious consequences. A breath of fresh air versus mere social media virtue signaling.
Speaking of NDP, see this quote?: “Mark Carney is proving once again that he is no friend to workers or labour, and would rather reward his corporate buddies than pay flight attendants who work tirelessly on their feet all day”. Oh wait, that was the Conservatives! Interesting times.
Let’s hope this is a turning point for labour in Canada and for the Liberals to get enough popular pressure to get them to push back ever so slightly against their corporate masters.
Highly unlikely, I know, but a guy can dream.
Call your MP and give them hell. I will do that tomorrow.
This strike action will negatively affect Canada pension plan growth. Nit to mention GDP GROWTH!
All the more reason for AC to come to a meaningful agreement with CUPE. Entry level flight attendants are making below minimum wage.
I saw this one on Reuter’s this morning:
Air Canada CEO amazed by union’s defiance of ruling to end strike
“(the CEO) urged the striking flight attendants to return to work, saying the strike was “illegal” and harming the airline’s customers and brand.”
Sounds like the action is both necessary and working as intended.
On BNN Bloomberg, CEO Michael Rousseau said the company didn’t make provisions for passengers with cancelled flights because it assumed government would enforce Section 107 to end the strike. He says that at about 2:30 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMY7c0RVR4M
I think the last two CEOs of AC have done a pretty good job themselves of “harming the airline’s customers and brand.”
@ Chris, Ian
August 15: https://www.ndp.ca/news/ndp-presses-liberals-respect-collective-bargaining-process-flight-attendants
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Sid Stevens, founder of Sun Youth, has died at 85.
Pretty wild that he started it as a teenager. What a legacy.
DeWolf 21:55 on 2025-08-18 Permalink
The study notes that 98% of road space in Montreal is reserved for cars. But the modal share for cycling across the whole city is 5%, and on the Plateau it’s 22%.
DeWolf 21:57 on 2025-08-18 Permalink
Oh and interestingly — the study is based on data from the 2018 Quebec mobility survey, not the 2023 survey that was recently released. So the modal share of cyclists is actually much higher than that the McGill research is based on.
Ian 07:41 on 2025-08-19 Permalink
Even the Saint Denis REV opened in 2020, so the numbers start to look a little outdated.