The mayor (I thought he was in Asia) says Montreal is booming and this means it should aspire to grandiose projects like getting the United Nations to move its headquarters here, but others quoted in the article are not so sure about all this. Meantime the federal outfit responsible for the Old Port is eager to start work on turning a huge piece of land into something more glitzy and profitable, nouveau dynamisme économique and all that.
posted at 11:03