What ever happened to Montreal?
SPRAGGETT ON CHESS
Montreal goes from glamorous to a corrupt, crumbling, mob-ridden disgrace
Maclean’s:
“Montreal has become a chronically underperforming city burdened by an archaic governmental structure, a bloated public sector (Montreal’s city council has twice as many elected officials as New York City), and what many say is an endemic culture of corruption. More and more of its citizens are taking refuge in the suburbs, while big business continues to flee for Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary. Montreal is saddled with the largest debt of any major Canadian city, and its infrastructure is a leaking, potholed mess. It costs 30 per cent more to build a stretch of road in Quebec than anywhere else in the country, and a recent multi-million-dollar water contract was cancelled after its cost ballooned from $154 million to nearly $356 million.”
FULL STORY AT: http://exopoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/montreal-goes-from-glamorous-to-acorrupt-crumbling-mob-ridden-disgrace/
FULL STORY AT: http://exopoliticsnews.wordpress.com/2009/12/26/montreal-goes-from-glamorous-to-acorrupt-crumbling-mob-ridden-disgrace/