Posts tagged Projet Montréal

Rosie Awori (LJI) The recently concluded municipal elections on November 7, have seen an influx of new Black candidates being elected across Montreal. A large number of these trail blazers have been women, each packed with a wealth of experience to bring change to the table. Leading the pack is Dominique Ollivier who brings a career spanning over 30 years, in community development, project organisation and management. She decided to take the next step and is now the city councillor for Montreal’s Vieux-Rosemont district and now sits as Montreal’s number two as the president of the city’s executive committee, the …

Rosie Awori (LJI) At six years old Dominique Ollivier told her family that she was one day going to be the next mayor of Montreal. The dream moved a step closer a few weeks ago when she was hand-picked by Mayor Valerie Plante to become chair of the city’s executive committee if Projet Montreal retains power at city hall. Her nomination is monumental as she will be the first Black woman to hold this position. “I couldn’t pass up the opportunity it will serve as an example, to the little young girls to dream big,” she said to the CONTACT …

Mayoral candidate Balarama Holness (his holiness if you will) was coasting along in seemingly tranquil political waters. Then on the weekend of Saturday, October 9, came news that his Mouvement Montreal party had been denied the privilege to participate in the party leaders debate alongside incumbent mayor Valérie Plante of Projet Montréal and former mayor Denis Coderre of Ensemble Montréal. Organized by the Montreal Chamber of Commerce, the Mouvement Montreal party leader mildly protested the Chamber’s decision to not invite him, telling various media outlets at the time that his party met the criteria for inclusion in the October 18 …