La Presse notes that school taxes are going up steadily but that Montreal takes a bigger hit than anywhere else in Quebec.
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Louise Harel wants the Viger deal investigated after yesterday’s La Presse story about apparent mayoral interference in the sale of the building.
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The projected demolition of the Redpath house, and whether it can or should be replaced by a seven-storey development – outside the three-storey limit for the area – is provoking hot words at city hall.
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Despite substantial opposition, both inside and outside city hall, Montreal gave the nod this morning to Quebec’s plans for the Turcot. I like the Sud-Ouest borough mayor’s remark: “Gérald Tremblay doit mettre ses culottes et défendre les Montréalais.” (One wonders what concessions, if anything, Tremblay got in return from Quebec.)
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The inevitable blockage of Decarie near the MUHC construction site and the resulting detour is annoying motorists and upsetting business owners in the area.
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Linda Gyulai examines how the Tremblay administration stifles dissent among its own civil servants by editing and amending their opinions. A must-read.
Meanwhile, the mayor has picked Michael Applebaum to take up the executive committee’s urbanism portfolio, let fall by Richard Bergeron when he was chucked off the committee in November. The difference is that Applebaum is a Tremblay party loyalist, unlike Bergeron.
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Denis Villeneuve’s Incendies has been given the nod to compete for best foreign film at the Academy Awards.
ant6n 13:58 on 2011/01/25 Permalink
Viger, Turcot, taxes, Champlain, employee wages … “stop the gravy train!”
Carlos 14:19 on 2011/01/25 Permalink
@ant6n Wasn’t that Rob Ford’s campaign slogan?
ant6n 15:08 on 2011/01/25 Permalink
Yes, it was.
But I guess these days, not only right-wingers and libertarians are questioning whether municipal funds and resources are spent efficiently.
Stefan 10:58 on 2011/01/26 Permalink
i see more differentiated issues here: i.e. corruption, spending for non-durable projects and improving conditions for employees.
efficiency of ressource allocation is not a right-wing issue (unless you’ve been fed too much of their propaganda). i’d say that it is actually more a left-wing issue if you want to assign a political direction, since corruption feeds a few (the rich) by taking away from the general population.
progressive taxes are a way (at least in the absence of corruption) of creating public wealth, accessible to everyone.
i find that the new administration of the plateau is very transparent about its budget and its communication to the electorate and i approve that.