The campaign for Montreal’s next mayor is getting increasingly personal as candidates Valérie Plante land Denis Coderre take to accusing each other of lacking integrity
As the race to see who will be Montreal’s next mayor moves into its final days, the campaign has taken an increasingly personal tone, with the two main candidates accusing each other of lacking integrity.
After being lectured on transparency by Plante this week because of his initial refusal to disclose whom he worked for after leaving office, Coderre went on the offensive Thursday. Plante says her party, Projet Montreal, did its “due diligence” when it came to the councillor, Craig Sauve, who has denied the allegations and was not charged. He announced Thursday he was leaving Projet Montreal to sit as an Independent “to avoid becoming a distraction.” Plante said her 2020 declaration that there were no allegations against members of her party was accurate because Sauve and the complainant had gone through a mediation process and a police investigation had closed.
Also on the list was Cogir, a large real estate company, and the Federation Internationale de l’Automobile, a pro-car lobby group and a governing body for motorsport events — including Formula E, whose former Montreal edition Coderre promoted as mayor. At a news conference Thursday morning, Coderre didn’t want to talk about anything other than the allegation against Sauve. When asked about his plan to improve the lives of young Black Montrealers, Coderre told a reporter to look at his party’s website.
Danielle Pilette, an urban studies professor at Universite du Quebec a Montreal who specializes in municipal governance, said the election is ultimately about two different visions for the city.
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