Valérie Plante vows not to change her exuberant style

On the eve of her swearing-in ceremony, Valérie Plante said she has no intention of losing her sense of humour — nor her signature laugh nor the ever-present smile — even as she gets down to the serious business of running Quebec’s largest metropolis.
Plante says she has a thick skin and a good sense of humour, and has no problem laughing off the caricatures and the skewering that come with political prominence. 
When the Montreal Gazette ran a front-page cartoon of