17-01-2018 00:51 via montrealgazette.com

Montreal budget: Would Denis Coderre also have broken a tax promise?

Would former mayor Denis Coderre also have broken an election pledge by hiking municipal taxes by more than the inflation rate?
A confidential document, examined by a Montreal Gazette reporter on Tuesday, indicates the Coderre administration was looking at imposing a bigger-than-promised hike in municipal taxes.
The document is dated Nov. 3, two days before election day. Like winner Mayor Valérie Plante, Coderre promised during the campaign to keep municipal tax increases to about th
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