MONTREAL – Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe met with Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre ahead of the 2015 federal elections.
“We spoke a lot about what we have in mind for the future of Montreal vis-à-vis the government of Canada,” said Coderre.
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The two leaders discussed Montreal’s infrastructure needs, an area where all the opposition parties are promising to increase spending if they form a government on Oct. 19.
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Duceppe proposed that municipalities should pay a smaller share – a sixth rather than a third of the costs – and suggested that power be decentralized to the provinces and cities.
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“When you look at the demands Mayor Coderre is making, it’s what we are proposing and what we intend to defend in Ottawa,” said Duceppe.
He is the third leader to meet with Coderre so far, following Liberal leader Justin Trudeau and Green Party leader Elizabeth May.
NDP leader Thomas Mulcair is expected to be next to meet with Coderre to discuss Montreal’s priorities in the lead up to the federal election.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is the only party leader who didn’t respond to the invitation.
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