Comments on: Voting for Everybody

By: Xavier

Xavier — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 19:19:02 +0000

Re: The Executive committee...

The Executive Comittee, with it's mayor appointed members, is probably the most powerful municipal structure in the city.

It's insane that the Executive Comittee meets exclusively in private.

On top of proposing a coalition EC, Projet has pledged to open EC sessions to the public:

http://www.projetmontreal.org/communique/67

By: james de la boursodiere

james de la boursodiere — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 17:09:30 +0000

Very informative and much appreciated.

after seeing my candidates I see I am forced to vote for Dumb or Dumber. I just hope they ALL stop stealing from the population with their corrupt contracts and Harperism

By: Nathalie

Nathalie — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:00:53 +0000

Here in Peter McGill we have the privilege of having Independent city councillor Mr. Karim Boulos seeking a second mandate today (November 1st). Our district has been well served over the past 4 years. He has worked very closely with family associations as well as merchant associations. I would encourage everyone to visit his website ;
http://www.karimboulos.ca . He is a politician that truly cares for his constituents. He is a man of integrity which has proven to be quite rare nowadays.

Due to BILL 22 the Mayor of Montreal will now become our borough mayor. It is imperative that we continue to have STRONG local representation with Mr. Karim Boulos (Independent. Local issues/matters need a watchdog at City Hall in order to avoid the continued mismanagement that we have all witnessed and heard over the past year in the media.

Please remember to vote ! Your vote matters.

By: marke

marke — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:19:54 +0000

sorry...alanah (not alannah).

By: marke

marke — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 01:19:12 +0000

hi alannah,

thanks for the post. very nice, and clears up some fuzziness that existed in terms of division of duties. the one thing i that i disagree on, however, is the whole "vote for the person, not the party". i understand the idea, and i know there are strong candidates in each party...but there is no way i could vote for at least one of the parties, and the other one i'd rather not vote for seems more marked by big names rather than "vision"...if you get my drift.

maybe it's like the buying songs vs. the whole album thing...another tendency that doesn't quite jive for me. i appreciate artists (and politic parties) that actually have a cohesive and well-thought out plan...rather than just a hodge-podge of mildly interesting tidbits.

thanks again for the great work!
marke

By: Leila

Leila — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:00:30 +0000

Allahah your posts are consistently marvelous: well-written, smart, informative and, like this one, occasionally personal. Thanks a ton!!

By: Vijar

Vijar — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:58:17 +0000

Great Article ! now I understand it, I feel more interested in participating.

By: James Lawlor

James Lawlor — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 01:42:49 +0000

An excellent overview of how Montreal is structured and a comparison with Ottawa and Quebec can be found here:
http://www.projetmontreal.org/files/documents/pouvoir_democratie_fr.pdf