Etiket: Plante
Increase in registration tax | This debate should have taken place “ten years ago”, says Valérie Plante
Discussions concerning the potential increase in the tax on registration “should have taken place ten years ago” to avoid inflating the monster public transport deficit, insisted Tuesday the mayor of…
Cleanliness in Montreal | “We also need citizens to get their hands dirty,” says Valérie Plante
Valérie Plante called on Montrealers to get their hands dirty when it comes to cleanliness as blue-collar workers begin their spring cleaning. Posted at 12:57 p.m. The mayor argued that…
Without a car with two children | “Yes, it’s happening,” says Valérie Plante
“Yes, it is possible” to live without a personal car with two children in Montreal, argued Valérie Plante on Monday, announcing an expansion of the Communauto car-sharing service. Published at…
Valérie Plante: obsessed and bad at math
Valérie Plante has just announced the opening this summer of a new pedestrian street: Plaza St-Hubert. She claims that everyone was consulted. It’s wrong. Only merchants were consulted, but not…
Valérie Plante, the man for the job?
There was a time when the mayor of Montreal defined herself as such, in order to seduce the electorate to rush Denis Coderre to one of his many political retirements.…
With “Comme des foxes”, Valérie Plante publishes the second volume of her autobiography
In her free time, Mayor Valérie Plante takes notes. On pieces of paper, Post-its, napkins. Notes on his experience in politics, on anecdotes. These notes collected together produce comic strips:…
Tram network | “I don’t dream in colors,” assures Valérie Plante
Valérie Plante assured Wednesday that she “does not dream in colors” by proposing to provide Montreal with a large tram network by 2050, while existing public transport lacks funding. Posted…
Valérie Plante already in electoral mode
The mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante, confirmed that she was already in electoral mode, in anticipation of the municipal election which will take place in November 2025. Posted at 2:22…
Montreal City Hall | Valérie Plante tests the popularity of potential adversaries
Valérie Plante against Sophie Brochu? Mélanie Joly? Pablo Rodriguez? Michel Leblanc? Valérie Plante’s team commissioned a survey to find out how the mayor would perform against various potential adversaries, we…
Homelessness and insecurity | The Village is “doing better”, assures Valérie Plante
Hit by a crisis of homelessness and insecurity since the start of the pandemic, the Village is now “on the right track,” assured Thursday the mayor of Montreal. Posted at…
$100 cocktail | Valérie Plante defends the financing of her party
The mayor of Montreal defended on Wednesday an invitation to a $100 fundraising cocktail which put forward the possibility of meeting her. Posted at 4:26 p.m. A virtual invitation published…
English-speaking universities: Louise Beaudoin disagrees with Plante
That Valérie Plante does not have great sensitivity for the French fact and its future in Quebec is nothing new. In 2018, giving a speech to an audience of investors…
Portable cameras | “It has to be unblocked,” says Plante
Valérie Plante on Tuesday called on the Quebec government to “unblock” the issue of portable cameras for police officers, while the implementation project is several years behind schedule. Posted at…
Valérie Plante fails in her French duty
I have often been, in our pages, the defender of Valérie Plante. · Read also: Protection of French: Legault and Plante cross swords My defense is essentially this: Montreal is…
The revalorization of French as conceived by Valérie Plante should not prevent the anglicization of Montreal
The Minister of the French Language, Jean-François Roberge, was certainly not the only one to be surprised when he saw Mayor Valérie Plante qualify as an “attack on Montreal” the…
Valérie Plante has become a cog in the English-speaking “establishment”
There it’s done. Valérie Plante was swallowed. The fear machine permanently activated byestablishment Anglophone, the Employers’ Council and the Chamber of Commerce every time Quebec wants to assert its French-speaking…
French in Montreal | Valérie Plante deplores the “group shootings” of Quebec towards her
The day after very harsh remarks against her by Prime Minister François Legault, who accused her of not wanting to defend French, the mayor of Montreal, Valérie Plante, said she…
Protection of French: Legault and Plante cross swords
The protection of the language turns into a confrontation between Valérie Plante and the CAQ government: François Legault accuses the mayor of not defending French while Montreal becomes anglicized. •…
Valérie Plante is not an ally on French, says the CAQ
By affirming that the increase in tuition fees for non-Quebecers “directly attacks Montreal”, Mayor Valérie Plante demonstrated that she was not an ally of Quebec on the French language, deplores…
University Tuition Fees | Valérie Plante “should be an ally”, complains Roberge
(Quebec) Jean-François Roberge asks Valérie Plante to “change her mind” after asserting that the Legault government’s increase in university tuition fees for Canadian students is an “attack” on Montreal. A…