MONTREAL – The city’s elected officials have voted unanimously to ask the province to allow them to fund their pension plan equally with the city.
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Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has asked Pierre Moreau, Quebec’s Municipal Affairs Minister, to make the adjustment to align with the same changes other municipal employees are facing.
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Councillors and borough mayors had previously paid for only 23 per cent of their pension plans.
The motion was forwarded by David Belanger and seconded by Anne Bergeron.
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The vote was passed without objection Tuesday afternoon.
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