@CityHallReport

Journalist in Montreal.

 Montreal, Canada
Joined November 2008
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Montreal Gazette
@mtlgazetteOct 21
Quebec’s local public libraries severely lack of resources, library association report says montrealgazette.com/news/que…
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Who will save Milton Park? montrealgazette.com/news/who…

Who will save Milton Park?

The neighbourhood is being held hostage as crime and drugs blur the line separating vulnerable residents from vulnerable unhoused people.

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Montreal Gazette
@mtlgazetteMar 27
Groups offering services to the unhoused will have funding cut as of March 31 montrealgazette.com/news/gro…
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Montreal Gazette
@mtlgazetteFeb 6
3 of 5 Montreal parties have blown the deadline for election spending report montrealgazette.com/news/loc…
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Non-profit and co-op housing directors seek clarity on Quebec law lowering valuations montrealgazette.com/news/loc…

Non-profit and co-op housing directors seek clarity on Quebec law lowering valuations

The new tax method in Bill 104 factors a building's low rents into its assessment, but the wording of the bill is unclear and ambiguous, they say.

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Quebec government's cash-flow problems are hurting community groups, advocates say montrealgazette.com/news/loc…

Quebec government's cash-flow problems are hurting community groups, advocates say

"Some groups are getting no answer, others a refusal without any details why, others signed an agreement ... and aren't getting the second instalment of their promised funding."

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Aaron Derfel@Aaron_Derfel1 Dec 2025
How is this possible? Please see below.👇
Bernie Sanders
@BernieSanders30 Nov 2025
Number of people who go bankrupt a year due to medical debt: Germany: 0 France: 0 UK: 0 Japan: 0 Norway: 0 Denmark: 0 Finland: 0 Sweden: 0 Italy: 0 Australia: 0 Canada: 0 Spain: 0 Portugal: 0 Iceland: 0 Netherlands: 0 United States: 530,000 Yes. We need Medicare for All — NOW.
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Some media outlets are harping on the high proportion of undecided in the polls leading up to the Nov. 2 Montreal election, as if these votes were up for grabs. In reality, most eligible voters are apathetic. They stay home. .../2 #MontrealElection
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The challenge for any party/candidate is to get their supporters to vote. In other words, who are the 35-45% who will bother to cast ballots? .../5 #MontrealElection
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And for the record, every Montreal municipal election features a high proportion of undecided (ie. "don't care"). A case in point (2017): montrealgazette.com/opinion/… Lo and behold, voter turnout in 2017 was 42%. #MontrealElection

Allison Hanes: Undecided voters can take the lead in mayoralty race

Poll shows most Montrealers are undecided about who should be mayor. Does that mean they are keeping an open mind? Or are they thinking: none of the above?

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Montreal’s skyrocketing engineering costs are of its own making, study’s author says Read more at: montrealgazette.com/news/art…
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SUV redesigns are creating bigger blind spots—forward visibility dropped by up to 58%, says IIHS. Are pedestrians and cyclists at greater risk? — via @drivingdotca #CarSafety #IIHS #SUVs #VisionZero #AutoNews driving.ca/auto-news/driver-…

Blind spots are getting worse as vehicles are redesigned: IIHS

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Aaron Derfel@Aaron_Derfel24 Jun 2025
1) BREAKING: In the midst of a sweltering heat wave in Montreal, some long-term care centres have zero air-conditioning, with the elderly paying the price for this systemic neglect. Please see the story below by ace Gazette reporter @hsnorth_. montrealgazette.com/news/art…
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Yes, there are good, positive things happening here and there in the world, too.
Montreal Gazette
@mtlgazette31 May 2025
Trip of a lifetime for Nunavik students who ‘deserve the world’ montrealgazette.com/news/art…
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A bright idea for developing more affordable and social housing slipped through the cracks in Montreal. Can the city pick up the ball? Read more at: montrealgazette.com/news/art…
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City agency takes over management of 700 low-rent apartments in Côte-des-Neiges montrealgazette.com/news/art…
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Who's a derelict building owner? montrealgazette.com/news/loc…
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Quebec working to unhook from Elon Musk’s Starlink internet service, CAQ MNA says montrealgazette.com/news/pro…
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