Valerie Plante

• Montreal unveils 2025 budget with focus on housing, homelessness

  The $7.28 billion budget unveiled by Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante includes a promise to increase the city's housing department budget by $100 million over the next three years.

  Canada

  Nov 20, 2024
  
• Montreal mayor backs Polytechnique survivors’ call for complete assault weapon ban

  PolySeSouvient estimates about 450 firearms need to be added to the list of banned weapons and it is urging the government to complete the task before the next federal election.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2024
  
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• Montreal city council votes down motion to declare homelessness state of emergency

  Mayor Valérie Plante says councillors agree that the high number of unhoused people is an urgent concern but declaring a state of emergency would not help.

  Canada

  Nov 19, 2024
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• Quebec-Canada dispute stalling crucial funding to help homeless: Montreal mayor

  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says a 'constitutional fight' between Quebec and Canada is tying up money the city badly needs to deal with its worsening homelessness problem.

  Canada

  Nov 8, 2024
• Removal of sign with hijab from Montreal City Hall sends wrong message: Muslim group

  Stephen Brown, chief executive of the National Council of Canadian Muslims, says his organization was surprised and disappointed by the city's decision.

  Politics

  Oct 30, 2024
• Montreal to remove city hall welcome sign that includes woman wearing hijab

  The image at City Hall was revealed last June, after the building reopened following extensive renovations. Since then, there have been numerous calls for it to be taken down.

  Canada

  Oct 28, 2024
• Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante won’t seek re-election in 2025

  Valérie Plante was first elected to the city's top job in 2017, beating out then-mayor Denis Coderre. In 2021, she won a second mandate.

  Canada

  Oct 23, 2024
• Montreal mayor defends limiting comments on social media, says she won’t accept vulgar slurs

  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is defending her decision to limit comments on her social media accounts — with an announcement on social media.

  Politics

  Sep 12, 2024
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• Montreal mayor criticized for restricting comments on social media accounts

  Currently, the X accounts of Valérie Plante and Projet Montréal only allow comments from people or organizations mentioned in the accounts' posts.

  Canada

  Sep 11, 2024
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• Montreal venue owners support 24-hour party district — with reservations

  Earlier this year, the administration of Mayor Valérie Plante held public consultations for a 24-hour nightlife district to be created in a still-undetermined sector of downtown.

  Canada

  May 19, 2024