"Already too strong, she argues: Ex-PQ minister says Montrealers should feel part of whole city, not a district"
[Louise Harel] went on to say: "If we go from 19 to 10 boroughs, but these boroughs remain quasi-municipalities as they are now, we will end up in the worst of situations because we'll have cities ... an Italian city, a Haitian city, an anglophone city, an Arab city - Ville St. Laurent, a Jewish city, etc." ...
Alan DeSousa, the mayor of St. Laurent borough, said he doesn't take kindly to Harel's characterization of his community as an "Arab city" ..."In fact, St. Laurent is a microcosm of what Montreal is moving toward. And to just (create) a caricature of the city as a unidimensional city is wrong and doesn't take into account the diversity we have in the community" ...
However, Harel explained in an interview with The Gazette that she meant that she wants everyone, regardless of ethnic origin, to feel a part of the same city, and not just feel like citizens of their respective boroughs, each of which has the identity of the majority group, she said ...