Hanes: Mayor tries to bridge first fault lines between Montreal and CAQ government |
Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada was hoping for a reset in the often rocky relations between the city and the Quebec government once she took office in November.
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Her plan was to focus on getting Montreal’s house in order to prove her credibility before asking for handouts while emphasizing the city’s economic importance and status as a metropolis in pressing the city’s case on matters beyond her control.
Despite friendly sit-downs with Premier François Legault and Municipal Affairs Minister Geneviève Guilbault in the early days of her tenure, Martinez Ferrada’s strategy is already being put to the test less than three months into her mandate.
The mayor is leading the charge against the province’s hardening and heartless line on immigration. She has taken up the case of newcomers in the city who had the rug pulled from under them........