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New executive committee: the good, the bad and the conspiracy-theorist
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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.
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