And to add to a babbler above, 85% of MTL NDP activists that I know are supporting Projet Montreal.
I'll see your Julius Grey for Vision Montreal, and I'll raise you John Gomery for Projet Montreal:
"Former judge John Gomery boosts Projet Montréal's ethical credentials"
Richard Bergeron's Projet Montréal, the third party in the Nov. 1 city election, will receive the biggest boost in its five-year history today.
John Gomery, the now-retired judge who headed the federal inquiry into the sponsorship scandal, is to announce at a news conference that he will be honorary chairperson of the party's fundraising campaign.
This will be Gomery's first dip into partisan politics. It is important for two reasons.
First, his leadership of the sponsorship probe in 2004-05 made him Canada's leading expert on political corruption. His informed indignation also made him a national symbol of probity. His symbolic watchdog role at Projet Montréal thus gives that party unusual ethical stature.
Second, Gomery's entry into the politics comes at a time when ethics at city hall have never been more at a premium. Sleaze appears rampant. Mayor Gérald Tremblay's administration is the subject of four current police investigations of questionable practices.