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    I'm not sure why the federal government is slow to act on this one. If they want to get votes in Quebec, a the construction of a new bridge would create thousands of jobs for at last 4-5 years - just long enough for them to get their majority. The Champlain Bridge seems to be the forgotten vital organ of the Canadian economy. The amount of trucks which pass over it transporting goods to and from the United States is underrated. If something ever happened to that bridge, it would be devastating to Canada and Montreal's economy. Mercier under construction. Victoria too small. Jacques Cartier on the Montreal side rests in an urban landscape with no highway and the Tunnel Lafontaine is way out the way for businesses on the West Island. I'm not sure what the delay is all about. The feds should tell the Quebec government, they won't put any money into a new NHL arena in Quebec City, because we're building a new Champlain Bridge. That way the narrative of "See, Ottawa is never for Quebec" that the PQ and even some Quebec Liberals try to make becomes void. The Conservatives should realize that putting money into building the new busiest bridge in Canada might be the thing to get them votes in Quebec and get them their majority in Parliament.
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    Interesting article about what happens to these urban spaces of spectacle during the off months. http://www.thestar.com/videozone/951298--hume-under-clutter-at-dundas-square
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    Canadiens de Montréal

    Maisonneuve a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans L'actualité

    The Bell/Molson Centre has seen some really gruesome injuries in its short history. Audette - wrist cut by a skate blade trying to make a defensive play Zednik - elbowed in the face by Bruin defender Kyle McLaren Koivu - high stick to the eye McCleary - hit in throat with a puck. Pacioretty - Chara cheap shot
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    NBA Expansion in Montreal: Five Reasons Why Canada Deserves a Second NBA Team http://bleacherreport.com/articles/629349-nba-expansion-in-montreal-five-reasons-why-canada-deserves-a-second-nba-team This is a slide show, not an article.
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    Est-ce que cette tour va se connecter à la Place Ville-Marie par un tunnel?
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    More things like this would be great. http://patinermontreal.ca/
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    What you don't know can hurt you Montreal is lagging behind other jurisdictions like Ottawa and Vancouver in adopting an open-data policy for the benefit of its residents and the city administration itself. The founders of Montreal Ouvert are trying to change that By LINDA GYULAI, The Gazette November 27, 2010 After the city of Montreal releases the 2011 municipal budget on Wednesday, it will probably format the 300-page brick as a PDF -the Internet equivalent of a brick -and slap it up on the city's website the way it has for previous budgets. Yes, Montreal makes the spending and tax data contained in the annual budget available. But no, the content isn't truly accessible. The budget is one example of information that's public but not open in Montreal. There are others. Think of the police department's crime statistics, municipal roadwork contracts, public swimming pool operating hours, business licences, campaign finance figures, bus stop locations, air quality readings and on and on. And now think what it would be like to combine different types of easily accessible information to, say, identify campaign contributors who receive municipal contracts. That's the sort of thing the public can do, or aspire to do, in a growing number of cities that are adopting open-data policies. An open-data policy is based on the idea that cities should make the information they possess available for free in a format that allows members of the public to mine and download the raw data and then manipulate it as they see fit. Releasing the data that way has spawned useful websites and mobile applications, such as a free Ottawa parks and recreation application available on iPhones and iPads that allows people to locate the closest municipal facilities and get contact information and operating hours. So Montreal is lagging behind Ottawa and such places as Vancouver, Toronto, Edmonton, Nanaimo, Washington, D.C., New York and San Francisco, as well as cities in Europe and Australia, say the founders of Montreal Ouvert, a group pushing for an open-data policy in Montreal. "We just felt that Montreal is falling behind the times, especially if Montreal is trying to position itself as a tech hub with the gaming industry and software," said Jonathan Brun, a Montrealer who owns two Web-based companies. "Montreal wasn't even looking at it as far as we could tell. So we said enough is enough and put this group together." Brun, fellow Web entrepreneur Sebastien Pierre, Michael Lenczner, who is cofounder of Ile sans fil, a free wireless service, and democracy consultant Jean-Noe Landry formed Montreal Ouvert in August. Since then, they've met with groups of Montreal civil servants and submitted briefs to committees of council to explain how open data could benefit the city and the public. "It's good for the citizen, and could eventually help improve participation, but it's also good for the city administration itself because they spend a lot of time looking for information they have in one department or another," Brun said. There's also an economic argument in favour of open data, he added. "It's like releasing a natural resource where companies will come and take this data and offer new services. So it creates jobs." The city appears to have budged. A group of Montreal civil servants is studying the possibility of an open-data policy, city spokesperson Gonzalo Nunez said in an email response to The Gazette this week. The group is examining the technical issues involved, the scope of information the city can legally provide given privacy and security restrictions, the cost and staffing needed and the kind of upgrades and maintenance that would be required before the city can decide whether to go ahead, he said. Still, other sources say Montreal sent observers to a recent meeting to discuss open data among civil servants from Edmonton, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver -known as Canada's G4 of open data -which suggests Montreal has a keen interest to move ahead with an open data policy. The "G4" cities are working on creating common standards for their terms of use and data catalogues, said Sean McCaffrey, an IT program manager for the city of Ottawa. "Open data is the initial step to moving governments to being more open and transparent and actually becoming a platform ... for the community," he said. Some cities, such as Ottawa and Vancouver, have entrenched a commitment to open data by passing city council resolutions. Others, such as Toronto, have gone ahead without it. Ottawa's chief information officer, or CIO, Guy Michaud, said it's hard to put a dollar amount on the benefits of open data. The benefits are in the form of greater efficiency in finding information within the administration and an expectation that down the road it will reduce the number of access-to-information requests filed by residents. So far, the biggest expense has been $50,000 to run a contest for the public to develop apps for the data, he said. Unlike most other cities, Montreal doesn't have a chief information officer , which may help explain why the city is behind the others. Brun said he'd like to see both a Montreal city council resolution to endorse open data and a CIO position created. "There's no point person for information technology for the entire city," he said. "In fact, they still view their website as a promotional tool, whereas we're trying to convince them that (they) should view the website as a communication and interaction tool with the citizens. That's the chasm we're trying to get them to leap over. We're trying to get them to think in a slightly different way." More information at: http://montrealouvert.net/ lgyulai@montrealgazette.com © Copyright © The Montreal Gazette Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/news/What+know+hurt/3892738/story.html#ixzz1EMdejAXc
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    There are an article in The Gazette (which I shall put after this post) that speaks about Montreal embracing open data. Also, anybody every been to Ottawa, Quebec? lol How Open Data Initiatives Can Improve City Life by Aliza Sherman Major city governments across North America are looking for ways to share civic data — which normally resides behind secure firewalls — with private developers who can leverage it to serve city residents via web and mobile apps. Cities can spend on average between $20,000 and $50,000 — even as much as $100,000 — to cover the costs of opening data, but that’s a small price to pay when you consider how much is needed to develop a custom application that might not be nearly as useful. Here are a few examples of initiatives that are striving to make city governments more efficient and transparent through open data. 1. Apps4Ottawa – Ottawa, Quebec Careful to adhere to security and privacy regulations for their open data program, the City of Ottawa started sharing data in several areas: geo-spatial (roadways, parks, runways, rivers, and ward boundaries); recreation facilities; event planning; civic elections data; and transit, including schedules. Other data the city is pursuing includes tree inventory, collections schedules for garbage, recycling and compost, and bike and foot paths. Ottawa aligned their first open data contest, Apps4Ottawa, with the school year (September 2010 to January 2011 ) to involve colleges and universities as well as residents and local industry. Categories for the contest included “Having Fun in Ottawa,” “Getting Around,” “Green Environment/Sustainability,” “Community Building,” and “Economic Development.” The winner is scheduled to be announced later this evening. Guy Michaud, chief information officer for the City of Ottawa, said their open data efforts have already spurred economic development and is meant to be good for local entrepreneurs. The city receives no revenue through the apps, and the developers can sell what they create. In turn, Ottawa residents get improved services from applications that are created, with better access to city data and more user-friendly formats and platforms. 2. CivicApps.org – Portland, Oregon After tracking Vivek Kundra’s efforts at the federal level with data.gov, Portland, Oregon launched CivicApps.org, a project initiated out of the mayor’s office to bring a more localized approach to the open data movement. Skip Newberry, economic policy advisor to the mayor, say that the project’s main objective is to improve connections and the flow of information between local government and its constituents, as well as between city bureaus. To call attention to the release of public data, they also launched an app design contest, highlighting the tech talent in Portland’s software community. According to Rick Nixon, program manager for the Bureau of Technology’s Open Data Initiative for the city of Portland, CivicApps.org took a more regional approach to cover the multiple layers of local government: County, Metro, TriMet, and the City of Portland, all of which collect and maintain various kinds of public data. Data sets released include regional crime, transit, infrastructure (i.e. public works), and economic development programs. Additional projects, such as the PDX API, have been launched in order to make the raw data from CivicApps more useful to developers. In addition to developer-specific apps, a number of transit related apps — bike, train, bus, mixed modes — were also developed. A very popular and established transit app, PDXBus, was re-released as open source under the rules of the CivicApps contest. Other popular apps helped provide residents greater awareness of their surroundings such as where to find heritage trees, where to find urban edibles, and where to locate each other during disaster relief efforts. 3. CityWide Data Warehouse – Washington, DC For years, the District of Columbia provided public access to city operational data via the Internet. In keeping with the mayor’s promise to be transparent, the program CityWide Data Warehouse was launched, and provides citizens with access to over 450 datasets from multiple agencies. The first two datasets released were service requests from the mayor’s call center, including trash pickup, pot hole repair, street light repair, snow removal, parking meter issues and crime data. According to David Stirgel, program manager for Citywide Data Warehouse, the project looks for data that be of interest to the widest possible audience and which will remain reusable over time. Some of the applications that have come out of the program include Track DC, which tracks the performance of individual District agencies, and summary reports that provide public access to city operational data. Some of the applications built by companies and individuals using the data include Crime Reports and Every Block. In 2008, the District Mayor’s office, the District of Columbia’s Office of the Chief Technology Officer, and digital agency iStrategyLabs launched Apps for Democracy, an open code app development contest tapping into District data that cost $50,000 and generated 47 apps. The contest was repeated in 2009. Over 200 ideas and applications were submitted, and the winner was an iPhone and Facebook app called Social DC 311. It could be used to submit service requests, such as reporting potholes and trash problems. An honorable mention was given to FixMyCityDC. Unfortunately, neither app is maintained today. 4. NYC Data Mine – New York, NY NYC BigApps 2.0 is part of an initiative to improve the accessibility, transparency, and accountability of city government. According to Brandon Kessler, CEO of ChallengePost, the company and technology powering the NYC BigApps 2.0 Software Challenge, Mayor Bloomberg challenged software developers to use city data from the NYC.gov Data Mine to create apps to improve NYC, offering a $20,000 in cash awards to the winners. The second annual challenge closed its call for submissions at the end of January 2011 and opened the vote to the public. Voting ends on March 9. Requirements included that the software applications be original and solely owned by the entrants, that they use at least one of the datasets from the NYC.gov Data Mine, and be free to the public throughout the competition and for at least one year after the challenge. The panel of judges reads like a “who’s who” of New York tech luminaries, and includes Esther Dyson of EDVenture, Fred Wilson of Union Square Ventures, Jack Dorsey of Square and Twitter, and Kara Swisher of All Things Digital. One of the first year’s winning apps was WayFinder, an augmented reality Android app which allows users to point their phone in a direction and see which subways and Path trains are in front of them. 5. DataSF – San Francisco, California Like other city governments, San Francisco’s goal for their DataSF program was to improve transparency and community engagement as well as accountability. Ron Vinson, director of media for the city’s Department of Technology also stated potential for innovation in how residents interact with government and their community. With an emphasis on adhering to privacy and security policies, the city can stimulate the creation of useful civic tools at no cost to the government. Before launching, they reached out to Washington, DC to identify the most popular datasets, and learned that 20% of the datasets represented over 80% of the downloads. With this information, they went out first with crime, 311, and GIS data. They also allowed the public to request data through a submissions mechanism on the website where others could vote on their suggestions. This input is now required reading for the city administrator thanks to an executive directive and open data legislation. Since launching in August 2009, DataSF has accumulated over 60 applications in its showcase. According to Vinson, the city stays engaged with their tech community by participating in local unconferences and meetups. http://mashable.com/2011/02/15/how-open-data-initiatives-can-improve-city-life/
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    This whole Subban-Richards affair raised a lot of discussion in the media about hockey and the culture of hockey acceptance of things outside of the norm. Lol, in typical Canadian fashion, that's how the discussions were framed, since (white) Canadians are not secure enough or comfortable talking about race, even though race is an under-current of the issue. Not saying that Richards is racist, because I don't know that, but as a Black Canadian myself, the whole discussion raised a lot of questions for me about discrimination in hockey. I never played organized hockey (I don't count the 2,3 games I played in high school back in the mid-1990's), so I don't know. All I know is that when I was growing up I was really into hockey and people would tell me "you shouldn't play hockey", "why are you playing hockey", etc...and that was from my black relatives/family. I've never had a white person tell me those things, but remember that this is Canada, so they may be shy to tell you what they really think. What I do know is that most hockey players who speak a certain way similar to Kirk Muller or Jerome Iginla, get labeled as "good guys" by their teammates, coaches, GM's and media types. I put Iginla's name in there because some of these "good guys" have been black. But is there discrimination in hockey? Yes. I think discrimination does exist in hockey, but I wouldn't go as far as to go "Al Sharpton" or "Jesse Jackson" on their ass, because I don't think it's that widespread. I believe it exist, but at what level, I can't say. I view racism, discrimination and prejudices, like the clouds in the sky: Some days there's more clouds than others. Some places there's more clouds than others. But even on a bright day, with a clear blue sky, If you look close enough at the horizon, you'll see clouds. If you think about it, that's true both in reality and in metaphor. Especially here in Canada where (white) Canadians feel uncomfortable openly discussing issues dealing about race. At least in America, even with the KKK, the Republicans of today and the Democrats of yesterday and other forms of historic institutional racism, (white) Americans can still have intelligent discussions on racial issues on CNN or in other political and/or public forums without fear of being labeled a racist. In Canada, people, especially white Canadians, feel strange talking about that. They "don't want to go there." Are they afraid of speaking their mind? At least in the US you know where people stand. If they don't like you, you'll know. But here in Canada, people are so secretive about their racism that I just keep to my cloud analogy. I'm assuming that analogy is true for hockey as well.
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    Montreal transit looks to corporate sponsorship http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/Montreal+transit+looks+corporate+sponsorship/3853488/story.html James Mennie, Postmedia News · Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010 MONTREAL - Montreal's transit system is proposing to rebrand its subway lines through corporate sponsorships in hopes of ridding itself of a persistent debt. Michel Labrecque, chairman of the Societe de transport de Montreal, told the TVA news network that rebranding its col-our-coded metro lines to reflect its corporate sponsors was one of several ideas being considered to increase revenues and ridership for the cash-strapped transit authority. The deficit-plagued Societe de transport has a $1-billion annual budget. Spokeswoman Marianne Rouette said the rebranding proposal was still being considered and that no final decision had been taken. She added that if the proposal were adopted, any corporation that sponsored a line would have several obligations to fill. "They'd have to accept a long-term sponsorship -- perhaps 10 years -- they'd have to have a policy of sustainable development, they'd have to promote public transit use among their employees and clientele and ... their advertising would have to respond to the norms the [transit commission] establishes in its call for tenders [for advertising]," she said. But city Councillors Richard Bergeron and Alex Norris derided the proposal as "harebrained" and "crazy." "This is a dangerous precedent, in our view," Mr. Norris said. "Where is it going to lead? The next time the municipal administration claims to be short of money are they going to consider renaming Ste. Catherine Street McDonald's Street? Is Peel Street going to become Labatt Blue Street?" The councillors are also asking Mayor Gerald Tremblay to open the books of Transgesco, the agency that oversees the sale of advertising on the subway, to ensure taxpayers are getting a fair return on profits. "Citizens mistakenly believe that [subway] advertising brings in a lot for the Societe de transport de Montreal," Mr. Bergeron said. ********************************************* I'm not sure what to think of this idea. When I was in Montreal last week, I noticed that the Bixi Stations no longer have the name of the street location on the top, but now have corporate sponsorship. I believe advertising is a good thing. It's not like the colour names are distinct to Montreal. Not only could the corporations put their names on the lines, they could chip in for the costs to run the lines, keep stations clean, pay for minor improvements - all so it's not a complete "free ride with free promotion" for the corporations. Also, think of the possibilities... Bell could own the green line. Videotron could own the orange line. Desjardins could own the yellow line. Metro could own the blue line. On Bell's line, they could promote their BELL Expressvu channels and content. Videotron could do the same on the orange line. Desjardins could promote all of it's financial instruments on the yellow line. Metro could promote sales on groceries at it's various entities. Of course, the advertising on each line would not be 100% in the hands of those corporates above, but they can control 30%, since there name will be on the line for 10 years. And don't stop there: The termini should also have corporate names. As for Project Montreal's fear-mongering about Rue Ste.Catherine becoming Rue McDonald's.....NO, that's something completely different. Apples and Oranges. Ste. Catherine or De Maisonneuve are place-names that have a historical significance to the city of Montreal. "Green Line" , "Blue Line", "Orange Line" and "Yellow Line" mean nothing. So the fact that the Green Line gets renamed as the "Bell Line" is NOT a dangerous precedent... ..that's why I HATE opposition parties; they say nonsense just to get attention away from the governing party.
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    I passed by this site last week. What caught my eye was the name. I thought it was funny how FOREST HILL is actually the name of an upper class neighborhood of Toronto, similar to Rosedale. There might be a market for that; using names of Toronto neighborhoods for condo projects in Montreal (since in Toronto, it's fancy to call condos by names like South Beach, Parade, Ice, San Francisco - names that "sound" cool, but have nothing to do with Toronto) Possible names for Montreal condos based on Toronto place-names: Les Roncesvalles L'Eglinton Le Dufferin L'Islington La Malvern La Tour St.Clair Agincourt L'Amoreaux L'Annex La Tour Gerrard Les Tours Bathurst Martin Grove Condos L'Ellesmere L'Ossington
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    I'm skeptical this grand vision of high speed trains across North America will be built. Between two cities, like Montreal and Toronto, maybe, but an entire network? They should start building this now or at least improving the current train service we already have. Unfortunately, in this continent, passenger trains run on the same rails as freight trains, and the freight always takes priority. I remember being on the Adirondack on my way down to New York stuck for 30 minutes just south of Albany just because we had to let freight train after freight train pass. The plans don't seem serious, because the politicians are not really serious. Also, these train lines will pass between countries, provinces, states, counties and cities, all with different politicians with different needs, different political and economic climates that will fluctuate over the next 20 years and SOMEHOW a high speed train network will be built to accommodate these variables over a certain period of time? I don't know...
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    Are you sure? Will they replace the out-of-this-world stadium lights too? They may just keep the white street lights so that they match the stadium lights, which are already white.
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    Stephen Harper is just holding out hope that the conservative wave trashes to shore long enough for him to get his majority.
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    Very nice. I hope they replace all those other banal looking bus shelters that are more suitable for Trois-Riviere than Montreal.
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    I was surprised that the Montreal crowd cheered so much for the Toronto Raptors. Somehow I doubt 55,000 would show up at the big O to watch the Blue Jays against the Mets.
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    This is true. Earlier this year (or last year) there was a debate and splashy forum hosted by Mayor Bloomberg himself in New York about whether or not it was still the financial capital of the world....it's not anymore. But you know the power is shifting East when even New York starts to feel insecure enough to hold forums to reassure itself of its relevance.
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    Yes, Rob Ford has said he will cut that tax since it hurts people in Scarborough, North York and Etobicoke (where he won most of the vote) than the old City of Toronto, where George Smitherman got more votes.
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    Very nice. I like the WHITE street lights. They really add to the streetscape!
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    Extending the metro would be a priority in my vision. If the metro was built extensive enough that it was on the scale of New York, London or even Madrid - Montreal would grow drastically as a city. Transportation is what makes the difference. People want to live in cities that are convenient. If I ever become mayor of Montreal, I will surely investigate ways the metro can be extended, not only across the island from west to east, but in the immediate South Shore, the rest of Laval and the immediate North Shore. I'd find unconventional ways to fund such a project, and it wouldn't involved increasing taxes.
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    Quite an interesting form taking place there at PDA!
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    I am very impressed with the new Turcot plan. Lets not forgot - it's infrastructure, so anything that makes it look unconventional, especially the underside, is welcomed. The critics will talk about expropriations and increased vehicular volume, but when cities change, they don't always change in a way that is pleasing to everyone.
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    La LNH à Québec?

    Maisonneuve a répondu à un sujet de mtlurb dans L'actualité

    This story is somewhat comical to me, even though the real issue at hand is not. There are some people in this country that are really suffering economically. A lot of people are out of work, a lot of Canadians are in debt. Yes, it is true things are not as bad here as in other countries, but we still have economic issues to be dealt with in Canada and we have to ask if using public funds to build an NHL arena in Quebec City is appropriate. There are so many things wrong with this, such as what about other Canadian cities who want an NHL rink built? Or what about other cities, like Montreal, that might want money to fix vital infrastructure like roads and sewers? Or what about people who are unemployed , shouldn't something be done to stimulate the economy to get them back to work? There's probably more such questions. That is the serious part... ...the comical part is that this debate is a waste of time because no NHL arena will be built in Canada or in any province/territory. From our knowledge of Canadian political history, especially confrontations on issues between the Quebec Government and the Federal Government, we've seen this before. Here is the context of the current debate: First, the Quebec Government doesn't have the money to fund half the construction of the rink, but they won't admit that. Secondly, the Conservatives would love to fund the rink because they need votes in Quebec in order to get their majority. Right now, the Bloc stands in the way of a conservative majority, since Toronto is a no-go for the Tories. The Conservatives only hope in Quebec is the Quebec City region. Thirdly, Gilles Duceppe and the Bloc and Charest and the Qc Liberals, knowing very well that the Conservatives need votes in Quebec put the Conservatives on the spot by saying 'we'll pay for half, if you pay for half'. But here is the funny part. The Bloc and the Quebec Government, know very well that the Conservatives will have a hard time selling this to the rest of the country and that in the end , Quebec, like it was after the (non) signing of the constitution in 1982, the (failed) Meech Lake Accord in 1987, the (failed) Charlottetown Accord in 1992, will once again feel "rejected" by Ottawa/Rest of Canada. Quebec politicians, specifically nationalists, will use this current debate as another reason why Quebec should separate or at the very least why people from outside of Quebec do not have the best interests of the province in mind, which is the position most Quebec federalists like Charest take. That's why I find it funny that the media is reporting this story like there's actually a chance of an arena getting built. It's just another Quebec vs.Ottawa/Rest of Canada showdown, Part 143. If I was Quebecor, the company who failed to buy the Canadiens, but wants to buy an NHL team and bring them to Quebec City, I would call the Quebec Government's bluff. I would be insulted by these politicians taking everyone for fools, as if we don't read the history books and cant see that this NHL debate is a re-run of previous debates. I would say: "Ok, lets do this. Screw the Federal Government and let's keep this chez nous, entre Quebecois. If you pay for half of the arena cost, my corporation will pay for the other half, deal?" Now remember , the Quebec Government doesn't have the money to pay for half. Given this request from Quebecor, I could see the Quebec Government backing away from this debate faster than the Metro can get from Peel to McGill station by saying "Maybe we should ask Quebecers if they want their money going towards an NHL rink in Quebec City". Since the Quebec Government knows the answer will obviously be NO, then the Quebec Government would quietly retreat from the idea without saying "we were wrong". That's why I find this story comical, yet the media is reporting it like it's serious news. History tells us where this is going. There will be no arena built. However, I do think if Quebecor really wants a team in Quebec City, they should invest in renovating Le Colisée Pepsi, buying one of the many failed NHL teams down south and moving them to Quebec City -much cheaper than building a new rink -much more intimate old style rink, with more amenities -less involvement from the politicians who are only out to help themselves
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    This is exactly my argument against MLB coming back to Montreal. I would love for MLB to come back and I would love for the NBA to come to Montreal too. What I don't like is when I hear people putting Montreal down because it doesn't have neither. Really?? Think for a second: Keeping in mind the tough state of the Blue Jays and Raptors in Toronto, Canada's largest market, what could Montreal, the second largest market, offer MLB or the NBA that Toronto can't? <<<A LOT OF MONTREAL SPORTS FANS THAT PUT DOWN THE CITY FOR NOT HAVING MORE MAJOR LEAGUE SPORTS CAN NEVER, I DO NOT LIKE, ANSWERING THAT SIMPLE QUESTION. TRY IT WITH PEOPLE YOU KNOW, AND WATCH HOW IT STUMPS THEM, BECAUSE THEY KNOW THE ANSWER TO THAT QUESTION, BUT THEY JUST DON'T WANT TO FACE REALITY.
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