Montreal Mayor Gérald Tremblay announced today he will be presiding over the city’s executive committee.
Joining him are opposition members Richard Bergeron (Projet Montréal) and Lyn Thériault (Vision Montréal).
Who’s who – the top 5
#1 Richard Bergeron (urban development)
Bergeron will be in charge of the following projects: the Turcot interchange, the Bonaventure highway, Radio-Canada, Griffintown and the Quartier des spectacles.
Bergeron graduated from the Université de Montréal with a Master’s in architecture and a Doctorate in urban planning. Although he has been working in urban development-related projects for the city for 13 years, Bergeron’s credibility was comprised in the media this year.
In October Bergeron told a La Presse reporter that smoking was good for his health, explaining his diminished lung capacity prevented him from running too fast and injuring himself. Bergeron also wrote a book back in 2005, a paragraph of which theorized 9/11 was planned by American mafias in order to better seize oil resources in the Middle East.
#2 Manon Barbe (transportation)
The mayor of Lasalle, Barbe began working in municipal politics in 1995. Barbe is Chair of the Conférence régionale des élus and the City Council’s Standing Committee on Cultural Development and Quality of Life.
La Presse reported in October that Barbe had made Lasalle the most taxed borough in Montreal during her six years as mayor.
#3 Alan DeSousa (vice-chairman & city finances)
DeSousa holds a Bachelor’s degree in Commerce from McGill University and is a member of the Ordre des comptables agréés du Québec. The mayor of Saint-Laurent, DeSousa has been working on the city’s economic development plan for five years.
DeSousa’s borough of Saint-Laurent reported a $2 million deficit in 2008, according to La Presse. The deficit was later corrected through budget cuts.
#4 Helen Fotopulos (culture, heritage and women’s issues)
Fotopulos was first elected councilor in 1994 and was mayor of Plateau-Mont-Royal for eight years. Involved in many of the city’s projects, the newly-elected mayor of Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce has worked on demolishing the Parc-Pins interchange and the city’s Policy for Equal Participation of Men and Women in Montreal Life.
Fotopulos made the move from the Plateau to NDG in June. According to La Presse, Union Montreal party members had been complaining of the borough’s administration for over a year. The mayor was involved in a dispute with the newspaper after it reported her borough was near bankruptcy with a $4.1 billion deficit in 2008.
#5 Lyn Thériault (social and community development)
Thériault began her career in municipal politics in 2001. The Louis-Riel district city councillor also ran as a liberal candidate in the 2008 provincial by-election. Thériault was a member of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve’s Comité consultatif de l’urbanisme (CCU) and the Corporation de développement économique de l’Est (CDEST) from 2001 to 2005.
The former mayor of Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Thériault was passed over for the job this year by Vision Montréal party leader Louise Harel in favour of former Bloc Québécois member Réal Ménard, according to La Presse.
For the complete list of nominees visit Radio-Canada’s website.
Comments
I looks like you are repeating as a parrot what many biased journalists are reporting about Richard Bergeron allegations concerning 9/11.
He didn't wrote an essay about a conspiracy theory on 9/11.
His essay, entitled "Les Québécois au volant c'est criminel" (ed. Les Intouchables, 2005) was mainly about tranportation, car, its culture, urbanism and proposed a new society project. Out of 200 pages it contained only two three phrases about 9/11 and they were beginning by "il se peut" which means that it is an hypothesis.
It however contained many courageous political proposition that shocked at the time but are now well accepted and almost mainstream (like the necessity of massive development for public transit, the implementation of photo radar to repress dangerous speeds and the implementation of paying toll to reduce the number of car in the city and finance public transit).
Make your own mind about its judgment and take these facts with a grain of salt when they were sele
It seems to me our friend Martin Audet here, while denouncing bias, ironically cannot write objective comments.
The article did not claim Bergeron wrote an essay about 9/11 theories, but rather that the passage about his 9/11 "hypothesis" was one of the reason his credibility was compromised in the media this year.
Bergeron claimed that 9/11 was an inside job; it is not a light "hypothesis" to make, especially when it comes from someone whose common sense we rely on to manage our problem-laden city.
He did not get elected mayor, but did get named to the executive committee because of his knowledge on the subject of urban planning. Despite his eccentricities, he will surely be highly useful in contributing to the betterment of Montreal.
Mr Dumont, the article was corrected since yesterday. Its affirmations about Mr Bergeron allegations are now acceptable.
Yesterday I was complaining about because the above arcticle said:
"Bergeron also wrote a 9/11 conspiracy theory essay back in 2005, theorizing the attack was planned by American mafias in order to better seize oil resources in the Middle East."
which is clearly false because "Les Québécois au volant c'est mortel" clearly isn't a 9/11 conspiracy theory essay.
Look yourself into Google cache. This tool is unbiased.
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