I would very much like the tram-centred pedestrianisation of Mont-Royal to go through, but once again I don't think banning cars outright is the best approach. This observation is from my experience in cities that are far more public transport and bicycle-friendly, such as Amsterdam and Strasbourg (and no doubt Copenhagen, though I only made a very short trip there in the murky days of December, and was working all the time).

And I do hope some progress can be made regarding a tramline along avenue du Parc, now that the infamous "échangeur" has been demolished. Not only is the 80 route saturated, but this would take some of the pressure off the overburdened orange line, caused by the Laval métro extension. Welcome though that is, it means that by Jean-Talon I scarcely ever get a seat...

we have three votes to cast

Not if you live in Ville-Marie. Thanks to new legislation, the mayor of Montreal doubles as the Ville-Marie borough mayor, so people in that borough have only two votes: Montreal mayor and city councillor.

Depending on the borough you live in, you have up to five votes to cast.

I would also suggest people consider voting for indepandents and even the Montreal Ville-Marie party. Louise O'Sullivan will not win for mayor. But, some of those candidates from the Ville Marie Party should be considered. Also, I read somewhere that there is also a ethnic party running candidates in 3 places. If you live in any of those three areas, please do consider them.

If we can't trust any of these three candidates, then let's make sure we tie their hands instead of them tying our hands for the next four years.

But, please do get out and vote.

I'm going with Bergeron as he's slightly nutty but qualified

I think everyone in Quebec has an embarassing uncle like him: sure he has weird ideas but at least he's clean

besides I see nothing wrong with turing ste-Catherine into a walkway: it's not exactly a reliable route anyway (insane trafic on that street) and (as he argued) it's good for business

Tremblay is either incompetent or a crook...

Harel not speaking English is a mild problem at best (how much contact does the mayor have with the public anyway? except for campaigning I never see him in the news except to explain how he's not aware of something)

My only major worry is negotiation with the Unions, I hope Bergeron is not a pushover without being completely obtuse (2 years of negotiation ? seriously)

As for me, am back to square one, turns out, I'm not in the district that my neighbour is running in. Had Mme Harel gone for Projet Mtl instead of Vision, I would be voting for her party all the way. Still, for my burrough I'll think I'll stick with the status quo, it has run pretty smoothly so far. But for city hall, it's looking like I'll be going for the lesser evil though I'm not convinced we have one in this race...

But don't let the facts interfere with your generalization.

Touché. Yes, it’s true that I tend to generalize. After all, 5% of the english DON’T vote liberal…

Bravo!

But don't let the facts interfere with your generalization.

We can't let Harel win. She's caused so much damage already to Montréal.
Fagstein readers, we NEED to vote for Bergeron, even if only to block Harel.

You have me in a quandary here… As much as I love the fact that Harel would mightily piss-off the rhodesians who further ghettoized Montréal by undoing the forced mega-mergers along ethnic lines, she is of the old-school of politicians that has no incentive to really change things as they have to be, like Bergeron would change them…

(Picture Gérald “deer-in-the-headlights” Tremblay’s mug here)

The Gazette: "The least distressing candidate in an unprepossessing field. ... Richard Bergeron is clearly not ready to govern. ... Harel's claim to be a unifier is preposterous."
CTV (Executive Producer Barry Wilson): "At this point, it seems not be a case of who is the best, but who is not the worst choice."
The Suburban: "Montreal's greater good will be served by a mayor who can communicate in English, the lingua franca, to the outside world ... by a mayor who does not make war on cars and does not want to make a pedestrian promenade of our busiest commercial artery."

What do you know. The three indomitable bastions of rhodesian intolerant speak-whiters will go, as usual, for the liberal, no matter how rotten he is (or his entourage is), never mind that the much-dreaded “separation” of Québec is neither decided at the federal, provincial nor municipal level, but by each single individual separate unique different voter in a referendum.
Ethnic voting par excellence!!!
How can, honestly, the english can pretend to be worthy of any respect after that???

Fagstein readers, we NEED to vote for Bergeron, even if only to block Harel.