The budget, taxes and debt after 4 years of Coderre

Five billion dollars. That’s the approximate size of Montreal’s city budget and its net debt.
When it comes to money, the Denis Coderre administration promised to control city expenses, invest in infrastructure and limit property tax increases to the rate of inflation.
“I think we did a very good job,” said Pierre Desrochers, the chair of city council’s executive committee and the architect of budgetary policy under Coderre.
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