Freed: Can Montreal make a delicious bagel that's politically correct?

Forget the controversy over Mount Royal or a car-free Ste-Catherine Street.
Montreal has been facing a more divisive issue in recent times that may soon be peacefully resolved. I speak, of course, of the Great Montreal Bagel Dispute.
The bagel is a global symbol of this city, more important than poutine and even smoked meat.
Over the years, I have debated Montreal’s best bagel shops with cabbies, city councillors, mayors and Quebec premiers. If the Big Owe brought us shame, the Little O in