Vrai changement pour Montréal
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Vrai changement pour Montréal
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| Active municipal party | |
| Leader | Justine McIntyre |
| Founded | September 4, 2013 |
| Headquarters | 1000 De la Gauchetière Street West, suite 900 Montreal, Quebec H3B 5H4 |
| Ideology |
Environmentalism Community politics |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | Orange |
| Seats on council |
3 / 65
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| Website | |
| http://vraichangementmtl.org/ | |
Vrai changement pour Montréal (Full name: Vrai changement pour Montréal - Groupe Mélanie Joly, English: Real change for Montreal - Mélanie Joly Group) is a municipal political party in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The party's current leader is Justine McIntyre.
Vrai changement was founded by Mélanie Joly in September 2013 to contest the 2013 Montreal municipal elections. Joly was the party's 2013 mayoral candidate.
Joly released a ten-point platform during the 2013 campaign, highlighted by a plan for improved public transit (via a 130-kilometre rapid service bus system), the construction of affordable housing units with enough rooms for young families, and a "Charter of Nightlife" to promote Montreal's vibrant nocturnal scene. She also promised to make more information publicly available, promote public art, and encourage citizen ventures via a Montreal . On economic issues, Joly promised to simplify the application process for persons starting a business and to establish the office of a "Chief of economic development," who would be responsible for promotions and co-ordination.
Describing her party platform as "simple and very ambitious," Joly also remarked, "Basically, we don't want Montreal to become a huge suburb. We want to keep the cultural identity of Montreal while also bettering the quality of life for Montrealers."
Despite being a political newcomer, Joly built a strong support base throughout the mayoral campaign and received over 26% of the vote on election day, finishing a relatively close second against the winning candidate, Denis Coderre.
The party was less successful in the elections for Montreal City Council but it made some breakthroughs. The party received just over six per cent of the vote, and four of its candidates were elected to city council: Normand Marinacci (who was elected as borough mayor of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève), Justine McIntyre, Lorraine Pagé, and Steve Shanahan. In addition, the party won control of the L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève borough by winning 3 of its 4 borough councilor seats. Another borough councilor, Roger Trottier, was elected in Pierrefonds-Roxboro. Joly's co-listed candidate was defeated, meaning that she was not able to take a seat on council herself.
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