Valérie Plante presented on Sunday, for the sake of transparency, her tax report for 2020, unlike her opponent Denis Coderre who refused to present his private sector income for the last year.
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The outgoing mayor declared income totaling $ 184,300, including $ 181,100 in employment income. She also recorded $ 28,740 in gross income from the rental of a building.
“Projet Montréal has always demonstrated irreproachable transparency and ethics. The distribution of my tax reports, as we do in each election, reflects the integrity and the absence of conflict of interest of our team, and I invite the other leaders to do the same ”, declared Valérie Plante, by press release.
The municipal party has always unveiled its leader’s tax returns since 2009, when standards of ethics and transparency were established by former judge John Gomery.
In 2018, less than five months after leaving City Hall, Denis Coderre joined Stingray as special advisor on business strategy and international development. The founder of this firm, Eric Boyko is part of a group of business people working to bring a professional baseball team back to Montreal.
“Ensemble Montréal must answer the legitimate questions of the population and the media on Denis Coderre’s business ties over the past four years, which have had a great impact on projects that solicit public funds, such as Formula E or a future baseball stadium. The era of opacity in Montreal is over and the question of the ballot box is also a question of ethics and trust, ”said Robert Beaudry, candidate for the post of City Councilor in the district of Saint. -Jacques.