An area leader would rather cut the ribbon on a shiny new project than beaver away quietly getting the important jobs done, such as maintenance of public facilities … roads, schools …etc.

Not sure how this egotistical approach can be dealt with tbh.

Politics and the people are strange indeed. It’s fairly obvious today that Quebec engineers were building astonishingly strong highway structures in the 50’s and 60’s. The reason there is so many in trouble today is because we know now that there have been decades of negligent maintenance. Yet who do people blame? The beauty of Ministries (such as the Ministere des Transport du Quebec -Transport Ministry) is that they don’t have any long term consequences or accountability. It s the leader of the party who gets fried, and probably on other issues to boot!

I mean who remembers who a provincial minister was 20 years later?

Can’t believe they built that highway bridge over Les Tanneries like that, just before the ‘67 Expo. How outrageous. How cynical.

People in power always see the little man and woman as a nuisance, something to be ignored, played with like a dog does with a bone. From my experience around where I live in North London, UK local councillors need a rocket up their arse.

and i agree neath, forced dislocation of those who are most vulnerable in terms of lodging, should no longer be acceptable. the rights of the individual are superseded over and over by government with an almost callous disregard for the real life human consequences.

three months rent! oh boy!

there must be something we can do?

d.l.