Notes on the campaign

CTV has a list of everything you need to know about voting in the civic election. Students will be able to vote at CEGEPs and universities for the first time at this voting level.

The campaign is officially starting Friday, although in reality it’s been simmering for awhile.

Luc Rabouin launched his campaign Wednesday with all 103 candidates from Projet. Ensemble’s campaign was launched on Sunday (video).

I haven’t seen news of Transition Montreal doing a campaign launch, although they launched their slogan on September 5: Avec courage, pour Montréal.

Projet’s slogan is a sly Pas de slogan. Que des solutions. and Ensemble’s is Écouter et agir. The fringe parties are not even named in this La Presse piece on the difficulty of inventing a catchy slogan, and yet how forgettable they become.

(The only one I do remember was Gérald Tremblay’s “Go Montréal” in 2005 because it fell foul of the OQLF.)