Montreal mayor Valerie Plante has shuffled the city’s executive committee.
While Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles mayor Caroline Bourgeois and Ahuntsic-Cartierville’s borough mayor Émilie Thuillier are new additions to the committee, Rosemont–La Petite–Patrie city councillor Christine Gosselin is out.
Bourgeois will be treating files of economic development and will be responsible for east of Montreal.
“To have Mme. Bourgeois, who is the mayor of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles, makes absolute sense,” Plante said.
“I think it sends a strong message that we take the development of the east very seriously.”
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Thuillier becomes responsible for democracy and transparency, communications and citizen’s experience, as well as patrimony.
In addition to her duties with Espace pour la vie, Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve councillor Laurence Lavigne Lalonde will be responsible for the city’s ecological transition and resilience, and ensuring Montreal achieves its goals on climate change.
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Plante also said her choices were based on competency and experience, referring to Thuillier’s appointment, who has served as a member of the city’s executive committee in the past.
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