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Montréal, April 30th, 2019 – After receiving important media exposure, becoming viral on social networks and being strongly criticized by the public, the violent intervention by two inspectors from the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) at the Villa-Maria metro station on March 7 towards Juliano Gray, a young 21-year-old Montrealer, requires an independent, thorough and immediate investigation according to the Official Opposition.
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Montreal, April 4, 2019 - On behalf of Ensemble Montréal, Karine Boivin-Roy, Leader of the Official Opposition, and Dimitrios (Jim) Beis, Mayor of the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro, presented a motion today asking that the City of Montreal adopt a signage system at the entrance to food establishments to inform customers of the results of food safety inspections.
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Montréal, March 18 2019 – In the light of a recent incident at the Villa-Maria metro station that saw STM inspectors repeatedly hit with their batons a young Black man lying on the station platform, a coalition of organizations today urged the City of Montreal to support demands for an independent investigation into the incident and for the ultimate creation of an independent civilian oversight body to hear complaints against transit officers.
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MONTREAL, December 3, 2018 - Following the non-renewal of an agreement between the Town of Mount Royaland the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce concerning the Glenmount sector, the Leader of Montréal's Official Opposition and City Councillor for the Darlington district, Mr. Lionel Perez, decried the uncompromising attitude of borough mayor Sue Montgomery, supported by her Projet Montréal councillors.
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Montreal, November 29, 2018 – After the public outcry caused by the Plante administration’s pilot project, Ensemble Montréal is now speaking out on behalf of all Montrealers and proposing the kind of project that everyone expected. The hastily-conceived Projet Montréal plan halted all automobile traffic between voie Camillien-Houde and Remembrance Road for months without correcting fundamental safety issues.
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Montreal, November 9, 2018 - Surrounded by his party’s elected officials from Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles, Ensemble Montreal leader, Lionel Perez announced the party’s new borough mayoral candidate, Manuel Guedes. Theo Vecera withdrew his candidacy on the advice of his doctor due to health reasons.
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Montréal, November 12th, 2018 – Ensemble Montréal will be tabling a motion at the next city council asking the Quebec government to study the relevance of including a course on the history of genocides in the Quebec curriculum. The leader of Ensemble Montréal, Lionel Perez, made the announcement this morning, accompanied by Ms. Heidi Berger, founder and president of the Foundation for Genocide Education, as well as representatives of the Rwandan and Armenian communities.
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Montreal, November 9, 2018 - Surrounded by his party’s elected officials from Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles, Ensemble Montreal leader, Lionel Perez announced the party’s new borough mayoral candidate, Manuel Guedes. Theo Vecera withdrew his candidacy on the advice of his doctor due to health reasons.
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Montreal, October 30th, 2018 – Surrounded by many members of the community and of Ensemble Montréal elected officials, the leader of the party, Mr. Lionel Perez, introduced Mr. Josué Corvil, who will run under the Ensemble Montréal banner in the by-election on Sunday, December 16th, for the position of City Councillor in the district of Saint-Michel.
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Montreal, October 28th, 2018 – It is with great pride that the leader of Ensemble Montréal, Mr. Lionel Perez, introduced Mr. Theo Vecera to the press as his party’s candidate for the position of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough mayor in the December 16th byelection.
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2017-01-10 21:37:18 The 2018 Budget: More Broken Promises – “A budget that hurts both residents and businesses” Mr. Lionel Perez, Leader of the Official Opposition at Montréal City Hall, and Mr. Alan DeSousa, Vice-Chair of the Finance and Administration Committee, reacted to the first budget of the Plante-Dorais administration, remarking off the top that Mayor Plante had broken her promise not to increase taxes above inflation.
2017-11-20 21:39:06 The new Montréal Executive Committee – “the first election promise broken by Valérie Plante and Projet Montréal” The Leader of the Official Opposition at Montréal City Hall, Mr. Lionel Perez, denounced the tactics used by Projet Montréal to form the new Executive Committee after the November 5 elections.
2018-03-06 21:31:00 Closing Chemin Camillien-Houde – Mount Royal for all! Ensemble Montréal supports the grass-roots mobilization and demands the Plante administration consult Montrealers The hasty announcement of the closure of Chemin Camilien-Houde to automobile traffic on Mount Royal as part of a pilot project by the Plante administration has sparked a grass-roots mobilization across the entire Greater Montréal region.
2018-03-15 21:43:54 On the 50th anniversary of his passing, Ensemble Montréal proposes to add Martin Luther King Jr.'s name to Montréal's toponymy The Leader of the Official Opposition at Montréal City Hall, Mr. Lionel Perez, accompanied by Councillors Mary Deros, spokesperson for diversity, and Frantz Benjamin, spokesperson for democracy and citizen participation, today presented a motion to add the name of Martin Luther King Jr. to the toponymy of Montréal.
2018-04-19 21:32:45 Surplus of $139.5M in 2017 – “The City had no need to increase taxes for 2018” Reacting to the tabling of the City of Montréal’s consolidated financial statements for 2017, the Leader of Ensemble Montréal, Mr. Lionel Perez, highlighted the large surplus of $139.5M, a report that put the lie to members of Projet Montréal who had accused the previous administration of leaving “a tremendous deficit” of $358M in the aftermath of the November 2017 municipal elections.
2018-06-11 21:33:55 Parc Jeanne-Mance – Ensemble Montréal denounces the pretexts used to justify the demolition of a softball field The Leader of Ensemble Montréal, Mr. Lionel Perez, and the spokesman of the Official Opposition for sports and recreation and relations with the anglophone community, Mr Dimitrios (Jim) Beis, have strongly denounced the permanent closure and demolition without notice of the softball field located in the northern section of Parc Jeanne-Mance in the Plateau Mont-Royal borough.
2018-07-23 21:35:15 Combining sustainable development and economic growth – Ensemble Montréal favourable to a model project in the area of green technologies in Montréal’s east end The Leader of Ensemble Montréal, Mr. Lionel Perez, and the spokesman of the Official Opposition for economic development, Mr. Aref Salem, give their support to a project by Solargise, a British company in the clean energy sector that wishes to locate on the site of the current Métropolitain Anjou golf club in east-end Montréal.
2018-09-06 18:20:44 Ensemble Montréal wants more representatives of visible and ethnocultural minorities within paramunicipal, associate and independent organizations at the City of Montreal Montreal, September 6th, 2018 – The leader of Ensemble Montréal, Mr. Lionel Perez, the borough mayor of Pierrefonds-Roxboro, Mr. Dimitrios (Jim) Beis, and the spokesperson for diversity, Ms. Mary Deros, introduced a motion seeking to improve the representativity of cultural diversity within the City’s paramunicipal, associate and independent organizations.
2018-10-27 19:08:20 Ensemble Montréal announces the candidacy of Theo Vecera for Mayor of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles Montreal, October 28th, 2018 – It is with great pride that the leader of Ensemble Montréal, Mr. Lionel Perez, introduced Mr. Theo Vecera to the press as his party’s candidate for the position of Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles borough mayor in the December 16th byelection.
2018-10-30 18:05:21 Ensemble Montréal announces the candidacy of Josué Corvil for city councillor in Saint-Michel Montreal, October 30th, 2018 – Surrounded by many members of the community and of Ensemble Montréal elected officials, the leader of the party, Mr. Lionel Perez, introduced Mr. Josué Corvil, who will run under the Ensemble Montréal banner in the by-election on Sunday, December 16th, for the position of City Councillor in the district of Saint-Michel.
2018-11-09 11:54:09 Ensemble Montréal announces its new candidate for Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles Montreal, November 9, 2018 - Surrounded by his party’s elected officials from Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles, Ensemble Montreal leader, Lionel Perez announced the party’s new borough mayoral candidate, Manuel Guedes. Theo Vecera withdrew his candidacy on the advice of his doctor due to health reasons.
2018-11-12 20:36:10 A motion by Ensemble Montréal for history courses on genocides in Quebec schools Montréal, November 12th, 2018 – Ensemble Montréal will be tabling a motion at the next city council asking the Quebec government to study the relevance of including a course on the history of genocides in the Quebec curriculum. The leader of Ensemble Montréal, Lionel Perez, made the announcement this morning, accompanied by Ms. Heidi Berger, founder and president of the Foundation for Genocide Education, as well as representatives of the Rwandan and Armenian communities.
2018-11-19 17:56:44 Ensemble Montréal announces a new candidate for Rivière-des-Prairies-Pointe-aux-Trembles Montreal, November 9, 2018 - Surrounded by his party’s elected officials from Rivière-des-Prairies—Pointe-aux-Trembles, Ensemble Montreal leader, Lionel Perez announced the party’s new borough mayoral candidate, Manuel Guedes. Theo Vecera withdrew his candidacy on the advice of his doctor due to health reasons.
2018-11-29 16:49:39 Presentation of Ensemble Montréal’s Brief to the OCPM: A Unifying Vision for Mount Royal’s Camillien-Houde/Remembrance Thoroughfare Montreal, November 29, 2018 – After the public outcry caused by the Plante administration’s pilot project, Ensemble Montréal is now speaking out on behalf of all Montrealers and proposing the kind of project that everyone expected. The hastily-conceived Projet Montréal plan halted all automobile traffic between voie Camillien-Houde and Remembrance Road for months without correcting fundamental safety issues.
2018-12-03 19:08:54 Glenmount residents deserve the same access to local services as all other Montrealers MONTREAL, December 3, 2018 - Following the non-renewal of an agreement between the Town of Mount Royaland the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce concerning the Glenmount sector, the Leader of Montréal's Official Opposition and City Councillor for the Darlington district, Mr. Lionel Perez, decried the uncompromising attitude of borough mayor Sue Montgomery, supported by her Projet Montréal councillors.
2019-03-18 16:02:39 Black and antiracist groups join city councillors in calling for mayor Plante to set up external investigation into metro beating Montréal, March 18 2019 – In the light of a recent incident at the Villa-Maria metro station that saw STM inspectors repeatedly hit with their batons a young Black man lying on the station platform, a coalition of organizations today urged the City of Montreal to support demands for an independent investigation into the incident and for the ultimate creation of an independent civilian oversight body to hear complaints against transit officers.
2019-04-04 18:57:59 Display of food establishment inspection ratings: To avoid unpleasant surprises on your plates! Montreal, April 4, 2019 - On behalf of Ensemble Montréal, Karine Boivin-Roy, Leader of the Official Opposition, and Dimitrios (Jim) Beis, Mayor of the borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro, presented a motion today asking that the City of Montreal adopt a signage system at the entrance to food establishments to inform customers of the results of food safety inspections.
2019-04-30 15:57:34 Ensemble Montréal will table a motion demanding an immediate independent inquiry into the Villa-Maria incident Montréal, April 30th, 2019 – After receiving important media exposure, becoming viral on social networks and being strongly criticized by the public, the violent intervention by two inspectors from the Société de transport de Montréal (STM) at the Villa-Maria metro station on March 7 towards Juliano Gray, a young 21-year-old Montrealer, requires an independent, thorough and immediate investigation according to the Official Opposition.
