Editorial: Montreal's calèche ban is long overdue

Montreal’s decision to ban calèches starting in 2020 is long overdue. The horse-drawn carriages that chauffeur tourists around Old Montreal raise animal welfare concerns as well as being anachronisms — and not in a good way.
Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration has acted sensibly and generously in giving calèche owners and drivers ample notice. A one-year moratorium imposed suddenly in the spring of 2016 by her predecessor Denis Coderre, after a collision