Montreal Executive Committee

The Montreal Executive Committee (French: Comité exécutif de Montréal) is the executive branch of the municipal government of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The committee reports directly to city hall and is responsible for generating documents such as budgets and by-laws, which are then sent to the Montreal City Council for approval. As of 2017, the committee consists of the mayor of Montreal, twelve members, and five associate members.[1]

After the 2009 municipal election, mayor Gérald Tremblay broke with a longstanding tradition and appointed two members of opposition parties to the committee.[2] Tremblay also broke with precedent in naming himself as chair of the committee.[2] Following Tremblay's resignation in November 2012, interim mayor Michael Applebaum also took a cross-partisan approach, naming a coalition committee with representatives from all three party caucuses as well as the bloc of independent councillors.[3] When Laurent Blanchard, the chair of the executive committee under Applebaum, succeeded Applebaum as mayor in June 2012, he made only minor changes to the executive committee, adding one new member to fill the vacant seat.[4]

Following an offer made during the 2017 election, Mayor Valérie Plante named one opposition member to the council, Verdun borough mayor Jean-François Parenteau of Équipe Coderre. However, he chose to leave the party and sit as an independent.[5]

## Members

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There are fifteen members of the executive committee, including the mayor, and two associate councillors.

Name  | District  | Party  | Position[1]

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Members of the Executive Committee
Émilie Thuillier | Borough Mayor, Ahuntsic-Cartierville | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Chair of the Executive Committee
Responsible for human resources, infrastructure, buildings and asset maintenance
Caroline Bourgeois | Borough Mayor, Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee
Responsible for sports and recreation, Espace pour la vie, the French language and East-end Montréal
Benoit Dorais | Borough Mayor, Le Sud-Ouest | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Vice-Chair of the Executive Committee
Responsible for housing, real estate strategy, property assessment and legal affairs
Ericka Alneus | City Councillor, Étienne-Desmarteau
(Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie)  | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Responsible for arts, heritage, gastronomy and nightlife
Robert Beaudry | City Councillor, Saint-Jacques
(Ville-Marie)  | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | responsible for urban planning, OCPM and homelessness
Josefina Blanco | City Councillor, Saint-Édouard
(Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie)  | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Responsible for diversity, social inclusion, universal accessibility, the status of women, youth, and seniors
Alia Hassan-Cournol | City Councillor, Maisonneuve–Longue-Pointe
(Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve)  | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Responsible for economic development and higher education, the fight against racism and systemic discrimination and associate advisor for reconciliation with Indigenous peoples
François Limoges | Borough Mayor, Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Responsible for consultation with the boroughs
Marie-Andrée Mauger | Borough Mayor, Verdun | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Responsible for the ecological transition and the environment
Sophie Mauzerolle | City Councillor, Sainte-Marie
(Ville-Marie)  | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Responsible for transportation and mobility
Alex Norris | City Councillor, Jeanne-Mance
(Le Plateau-Mont-Royal)  | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Responsible for large parks and Mount-Royal
Sylvain Ouellet | City Councillor, François-Perrault
(Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension)  | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Responsible for waterworks
Valérie Plante | Mayor of Montréal

Borough Mayor, Ville-Marie

| Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante | Responsible for international relations, reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, Montréal's downtown and international economic development
Magda Popeanu | City Councillor, Côte-des-Neiges
(Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)  | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Responsible for organizational performance, citizen participation and democracy
Alain Vaillancourt | City Councillor, Saint-Paul-Émard-Saint-Henri-Ouest
(Le Sud-Ouest)  | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Responsible for public security
Associate Councillors
Marianne Giguère | City Councillor, De Lorimier
(Le Plateau-Mont-Royal)  | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Associate councillor for mobility and the city's Bike Plan
Despina Sourias | City Councillor, Loyola
(Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce)  | Projet Montréal - Équipe Valérie Plante  | Associate councillor for housing, sanitation and protection of the city's rental housing stock

## 2013-2017 Executive Council

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Council under mayor Denis Coderre from November 14, 2013 – November 16, 2017.

Name  | Party  | Position

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Pierre Desrochers | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal | Chair of the executive committee

Finance, major projects, human capital, corporate communications, legal affairs and assessment

Harout Chitilian | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal  | Vice-chair of the executive committee

Administrative reform, information technology, Smart City project

Anie Samson | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal  | Vice-chair of the executive committee

Public safety, services

Dimitrios Jim Beis  | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal  | Procurement, sports, cultural communities
Denis Coderre | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal  | Mayor of Montreal

Finances, human resources, legal affairs

Russell Copeman | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal  | Housing, urban planning, real estate and real estate transactions, and strategies, Office of Public Consultation
Manon Gauthier | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal  | Culture, heritage
Réal Ménard | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal  | Sustainable development, environment, large parks, green spaces
Lionel Perez | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal  | Infrastructure, the electrical services commission, governance, democracy, government relations
Chantal Rouleau | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal  | Water, water infrastructure
Aref Salem  | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal  | Transport
Monique Vallée  | Équipe Denis Coderre pour Montréal  | Social and community development, homelessness

## References

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1. ^ a b Normandin, Pierre-André (November 20, 2017). "Comité exécutif de Montréal: "On brise avec la tradition", dit Valérie Plante". La Presse. Retrieved November 20, 2017.
2. ^ a b "Opposition gets seats on Montreal executive committee", CBC News, November 17, 2009, accessed May 26, 2011.
3. ^ "Executive committee". Ville de Montréal. Retrieved February 27, 2012.
4. ^ "New mayor Laurent Blanchard shuffles executive committee". The Gazette. June 28, 2013.
5. ^ Normandin, Pierre-André (November 20, 2017). "Montréal: trois élus d'expérience à des postes-clés au comité exécutif". La Presse. Retrieved November 20, 2017.