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The allegations of racism denounced on Facebook were founded
Author of the article: René Bruemmer
Publishing date: May 12, 2021 • 5 hours ago • 3 minute read • Chantal Rossi of Ensemble Montréal, says there should be an anonymous tip line to denounce acts of discrimination among city workers, after a report showed systemic discrimination of blue-collar workers in her Montreal North borough. Photo by Marie-France Coallier /Montreal Gazette files
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Opposition party Ensemble Montreal is calling for the creation of an anonymous tip line to denounce acts of discrimination after the publication of two reports outlining long-standing systemic racism against blue-collar workers in the Montreal North borough.
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I have a burning question for people in the real-estate business. I don’t mean those in the business of selling mid-century bungalows in Terrebonne. I’m talking about those involved in marketing the swanky condo units that make up the bulk of new housing construction in Montreal, places with marble-look granite kitchen counters and standalone bathtubs whose shape is supposed to remind us of freshly laid eggs. The décor will fall out of fashion in five years, maybe six.
Historic Griffintown was massacred so developers could build those horrors by the dozen, initially without any regard for the need for urban “accessories” like schools and places of worship. Or parks. Or public pools. As if the condo tower were the centre of urban life.