Projet Montréal proposes fair and transparent municipal management for all Montrealers
Montreal, October 23, 2025 — Projet Montréal reaffirms its commitment to building a city where each borough has the resources it needs to effectively meet the needs of its population. The party reaffirms its commitment to maintaining a model of governance that supports all boroughs according to their actual needs, rather than multiplying reforms that undermine the continuity and planning of municipal services.
"At Projet Montréal, we believe that municipal services should never depend on zip codes or political allegiances. Our approach is simple: give boroughs the means to act, focusing on transparency and efficiency. That's what responsible and equitable leadership is all about," says Gracia Kasoki Katahwa, Projet Montréal's number two and mayoral candidate for Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
Actions, not slogans: a record of fairness and collaboration
In 2017, Projet Montréal inherited a municipal funding reform implemented by Denis Coderre that reduced the budgets of several central boroughs while favoring those run by his own party. However, Soraya Martinez Ferrada recently proposed to “give power back” to the boroughs, surrounded by the same elected officials who had supported this centralization at the time. These electoral flip-flops undermine the municipal administration's ability to provide quality services and plan sustainably for Montrealers.
Rather than undoing in order to redo, the Projet Montréal administration has chosen to take a different approach: flexibility in the rules for funding projects and services that are important to the boroughs and giving them autonomy. Projet Montréal has also introduced a territorial equity index to ensure that public money goes where the needs are greatest. Thanks to this approach, increased investments have been made in boroughs that are struggling, but not necessarily aligned with Projet Montréal: Montréal-Nord, Ahuntsic, CDN–NDG, MHM, Verdun, and others.
Actors from all political stripes, such as Stéphane Côté, former mayor of Île-Bizard-Ste-Geneviève under the banner of Ensemble Montréal, have praised this cross-party, results-oriented approach.
“I have seen the difference between an approach guided by partisan interests and one focused on the needs of citizens. With Projet Montréal, decisions are made based on local realities, not political affiliation. It's a way of governing that focuses on collaboration and concrete results for Montrealers throughout the city," said Stéphane Côté, former Ensemble Montréal mayor of the borough of L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève.
For a city that takes care of everyone, everywhere and at the same level
Territorial equity is at the heart of Projet Montréal's platform to improve the quality of life in all neighborhoods. The party proposes to bring essential services—parks, public toilets, cultural activities, BIXI—within a 15-minute walk of every Montrealer. The same logic applies to mobility, with express bus lines crossing all boroughs, and access to the riverbanks from one end of the island to the other.
Projet Montréal wants to continue this momentum by pooling certain municipal services—such as snow removal, sanitation, and waste collection—in order to guarantee the same quality of service in every neighborhood, while supporting boroughs' autonomy in their local decisions. This approach allows resources to be pooled where they are needed, without increasing bureaucracy, and provides Montrealers with efficient, accessible, and consistent services throughout the city.
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Source:
Ezra De Muns
Press Officer
Projet Montréal
