Montreal election has more diverse candidates than ever, and they agree on one thing
on October 29th, 2021
MONTREAL -- Whatever happens over the next two weeks, Montreal has already taken a new step with its municipal election. There are more diverse candidates than ever -- people from ethnic and religious minorities, and people with disabilities. Many say they arrived at the idea of running after experiencing racism or discrimination and deciding they could help change that for others. Read More
Holness presents full slate in CDN/NDG
on September 8th, 2021
CDN/NDG has another slate for the municipal elections on November 7. Mouvement Montreal, the party launched by Montreal mayoralty candidate Balarama Holness, has filled its roster of candidates in every district of Montreal’s most populous borough.
The three women and two men are all first-time candidates, including Matthew Kerr, running for borough mayor. Read More
"Calling them out"
on August 25th, 2021
Joel DeBellefeuille is appalled.
A hole in the fence at Confederation Park and the veritable jungle of overgrown weeds and bramble are left to linger as if nobody sees them, says the NDG resident. “It is so blatantly obvious…” he laughs, “a new park sign affixed to the same fence with a massive hole.”
A council candidate in Loyola for Mouvement Montréal, he's not talking about campaigning or politics. He's talking lawn care and putting the city on notice that it is in default of their obligations under the Montreal Charter of Rights and Responsibilities, something he lays out in a letter to the borough. Read More
How the killing of a Black man in Repentigny is fuelling calls to end racism in Quebec policing
on August 6th, 2021
9 human rights complaints filed against Repentigny police since 2017
Holly Cabrera · CBC News · Posted: Aug 06, 2021 4:00 AM ET
Pierre Richard Thomas has lived in Repentigny, Que., for six years, and throughout that time, he has dreaded the day when a local police intervention would end with a Black man dying.
On Sunday, Aug. 1, it happened.
The Black man fatally shot by police was Jean René Junior Olivier, whose mother had called 911 to bring him to hospital because, she says, he was in psychological distress.
Thomas co-organized a two-hour sit-in on Wednesday at Repentigny's city hall to commemorate Olivier. And like many in the crowd that evening — including Olivier's family — he blamed racism in the Repentigny police force for the 37-year-old's death. Read More
Marianna Naturals’ CEO, Co-Founder & Human Rights Advocate, Joel DeBellefeuille Vies For, City Councillor Seat in the CDN-NDG Loyola District of Montreal
on August 5th, 2021
MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA – The CEO & Co-founder of celebrity skincare brand Marianna Naturals Corp. is vying for a city councillor seat in the CDN-NDG Loyola District of Montreal in this year’s Federal and Municipal elections. Joel DeBellefeuille is a human rights advocate, businessman and serial entrepreneur poised to create change in the district.
The announcement comes on the heels of the company’s soon to be public listing of the corporation’s common shares. Both the board and the management team support Mr. DeBellefeuille’s campaign wholeheartedly, in-fact they strongly believe that it will add extreme shareholder value for the company, while simultaneously bringing major awareness of the soon-to-be household name; “Marianna Naturals.” Read More
Municipal election candidates announced for C.D.N.-N.D.G., Île-Bizard, Sud-Ouest
on August 4th, 2021
Projet Montréal and Movement Montreal unveiled the latest additions to their slates on Wednesday.
Movement Montreal candidate Joel DeBellefeuille made headlines in November 2020
Projet Montréal and Movement Montreal on Wednesday added to their slates of candidates for the municipal election in November, announcing candidacies for city council in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and borough councils in Île-Bizard—Ste-Geneviève and the Sud-Ouest. Read More
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