1. Montreal’s Elected Officials; Do we have too many? Presentation of the Politics’ Association for Law Students McGill Faculty of Law Matthew Quadrini

2. The Municipal Government’s Structure

3. Quantité d’elus

4. Mariesd’arrondissement

5. Conseillersd’arrondisment

6. Louise Harel leader of Vision Montreal, wants to reopen the debate on the number of elected officials She is supported by the FTQ The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal Citing that there are “too many splintered decision-making centres and too many demotivated employees.” Mayor Gerald Tremblay leader of UNION Montreal Has refused to re-open the debate «On a déjà perdu trop d'énergie avec les fusions, défusions», - Marvin Rotran Who’s bringing this up?

7. Number of elected officials around the world

8. Two different philosophies of governance Municipal government is a provider of services The city is a corporation that provides services The work of a city is not political but administrative Is prevalent in North America and England Municipal government is another level of government The function is political There is going to be ideological disagreements and there needs to be a wide representation of views Lower population to politician ratio means more access to politicals Model used in MTL and in Europe

9. What kind of municipal government do you want? Time for your say