Valérie Plante reached out to the mayors of the smallest towns in Quebec, Thursday noon, presenting herself as “a girl from Rouyn” without feeling of superiority over the regions.
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The objective: to call on them to form a common front during the current election campaign in order to demand more resources for the municipal world from aspiring prime ministers.
“No, Montreal does not look down on the regions, not under my leadership,” she said to the participants of the convention of the Quebec Federation of Municipalities. “I will not let anyone try to divide us, to put us in opposition. »
Mme Plante pointed out that she is from Abitibi, that part of her family works there in the mining sector, and that she also has roots in the Gaspé.
“It is very important that we form a common front on the issues that we all face, on a different scale,” said Ms.me Plant. “The challenges that we encounter are generalized. In particular, she cited the housing shortage and the climate crisis as challenges on which large and small municipalities should unite.
Mid-September, Mme Plante took center stage with the mayors of other major cities in Quebec to demand $2 billion per year for the adaptation of municipal facilities to climate change. “The issue of the climate crisis affects us all,” she told the FQM, before listing the natural disasters that have affected Quebec in recent years.