Nearly 500 Dollard-des-Ormeaux (DDO) residents signed a registry with the city Thursday, forcing a referendum on a proposed large-scale housing project. DDO Mayor Alex Bottausci says he doesn t plan to hold a referendum on the project and will instead ask the developer to present a new plan for the lot.
The Town of Dollard-de-Ormeaux (DDO) on Montreal s West Island has formally requested that the province maintain its bilingual status a move that Mayor Alex Bottausci said saddens him. It saddens me that this legal process must be invoked to protect the inherent right of our residents to receive communications in the language of their choice.
Cities on the West Island are crying foul over the City of Montreal’s disproportionate tax increases – monies that those communities have to hand over to Montreal’s Agglomeration Council –