Coderre defends city hall security procedures, denies secret meetings

Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre says he did not change city hall security procedures so he could secretly meet with lobbyists, businesspeople and contractors.
Coderre was reacting to an article in the Métro newspaper that revealed that since March 2014, city hall visitors no longer must sign in when visiting Coderre. The report said that has allowed contractors, businesspeople and lobbyists to meet the mayor without leaving a trace of the encounters.
“To create innuendo and say that it