Voters have lost faith in establishment: expert

The new broom that swept clean at city hall was about more than an unstoppable Valérie Plante wave, a Montreal political scientist says.
The stunning victory of Projet Montréal political neophytes over many veteran politicians on outgoing mayor Denis Coderre’s team was in step with a trend that has brought non-traditional leaders to power elsewhere, said Caroline Patsias of the Université du Québec à Montréal’s political science department.
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