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By Genevi\u00e8ve April<\/b>
\nwww.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Laval voters turned the page, Nov. 3rd, on the more than 20-year reign of Gilles Vaillancourt’s PRO party. They elected Marc Demers as their new mayor on election night, along with most of his team.<\/p>\n

Despite challenges to his eligibility to run in Laval, Demers won handily, garnering almost 20% more votes than his nearest opponent, with a strong 44.2% of the ballots cast in his favour.<\/p>\n

His opponents cried foul and complained to Elections Quebec. They wanted he election authority to bar Demers from running in Laval’s 2013 election, since he did not live in the city for 12 months continuously beforehand.<\/p>\n

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\nOpposing legal advisors published conflicting opinions on the matter and, ultimately, the Court will have to decide, an argument Demers’ adversaries used from the outset of the campaign.<\/p>\n

\u201cOne cannot stop someone from placing a complaint,\u201d said Demers, in regards to the question of his eligibility.<\/p>\n

\u201cI will not back down due to intimidation\u201d repeated Laval’s newly elected mayor.<\/p><\/div>\n

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\nBeing pulled in all directions by supporters and journalists, the new mayor of Quebec’s third-largest city answered a few questions. When asked what was going to happen with the trusteeship situation, Demers remained adamant, but stated that he would like the trustees to stay on as advisors to the newly elected members of city council.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would like the trustees to respect the voice of democracy and work with us as advisors, to insure a smooth transition,\u201d Demers asserted. \u201cThey are well-versed in all of the developments during the last six months dossiers, so we are going to wait and see how it will go.\u201d<\/p>\n

Demers reiterated that he wants to change the strict rules that govern citizens who want to pose questions during city council meetings. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe objective of the question period is for citizens to get answers,\u201d he stated, without elaborating as to what the changes would entail. <\/p><\/div>\n

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