Gatineau Mayor

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Originally Posted by jt-mtl

Oh god, I thought this person was gone from the Gatineau political scene. Her ideology has ruined the Plateau and Aylmer, look at all the traffic on Vanier and du Plateau. That is all from her ideology about a walkable environment with cars all lined up on a single lane road with no closeby amenities. And mind you, she was against commercial zones like Destination V and Agora.

The mess that is Le Plateau pre-dates her by about 20 years. I'm not familiar on her stance regarding Agora and Destination V, but AG has been trying to slow down development in Le Plateau precisely because of the traffic issues that will only be resolved (or at least mitigated) if/when the tramway is built and when Vanier will be widen.

[jt-mtl]

Originally Posted by J.OT13

The mess that is Le Plateau pre-dates her by about 20 years. I'm not familiar on her stance regarding Agora and Destination V, but AG has been trying to slow down development in Le Plateau precisely because of the traffic issues that will only be resolved (or at least mitigated) if/when the tramway is built and when Vanier will be widen.

I moved to the Plateau back in 2006 and everything was fine until the one stretch of Du Plateau that connect to Aylmer. A swath of homes with no commerical entities to support. And once destination V was to be approved, she voted against it. Here is the quote from Aylmer bulletin :

In a vote that divided council, Gatineau’s elected officials voted 10 to 8 to move forward with the Destination Vanier project near the intersection of des Allumettières and chemin Vanier. The project spans the land along Vanier between the current project and du Plateau Avenue.

This decision did not please Councillor Maude Marquis-Bissonnette, a member of Action Gatineau who voted against the proposal.

https://bulletinaylmer.com/the-desti...l-move-forward

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Reading that article, it sounds as though the 2019 Action Gatineau bloc voted against Destination V because they felt it should be better thought out.

Destination V and the surrounding area is such a traffic nightmare right now that it's hard to really find fault with that AG position.

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Seven candidates for Gatineau mayoral byelection on June 9
A second byelection will take place to elect a new councillor in the Carrefour-de-l'Hôpital ward, with four candidates.

Staff Reporter, Ottawa Citizen
Published May 10, 2024 • Last updated 2 hours ago • 1 minute read

There will be seven candidates on the ballot for the Gatineau mayoral byelection in June.

Submitting their candidacies by the deadline on Friday afternoon, according to an online post by the City of Gatineau, were Rémi Bergeron, Stéphane Bisson, Yves Ducharme, Daniel Feeny, Olive Kamanyana, Maude Marquis-Bissonnette and Mathieu St-Jean.

Election day is Sunday, June 9, although there will also be advance voting on June 2.

The winner will take the place of France Bélisle, the Outaouais city’s first female mayor, who resigned in February. Councillor Daniel Champagne is serving as interim mayor.

Elected in 2021, Bélisle told a news conference she was stepping down to preserve her health, adding she had received death threats after becoming mayor.

Ducharme previously served as Gatineau mayor in 2002-05 and before municipal amalgamation was mayor of Hull in 1992-2001.

Kamanyana resigned as councillor of the Carrefour-de-l’Hôpital district to run for mayor.

A byelection for a new councillor for that ward will also be held June 9. The list of declared candidates includes Frédérick Castonguay, Catharine Craig-St-Louis, Marie-Pier Lacroix and Kethlande Pierre.

https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...tion-on-june-9

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Maude Marquis-Bissonnette ahead with 38% support, with Yves Ducharme a distant second at 27%.

She's been in that position before though.

https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle...airie-gatineau