{"id":2129,"date":"2013-03-27T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-27T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rf.podcastfixit.com\/index.php\/2013\/03\/27\/gobe-embraces-all-laval-communities-in\/"},"modified":"2015-06-01T19:41:53","modified_gmt":"2015-06-01T19:41:53","slug":"gobe-embraces-all-laval-communities-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2013\/03\/27\/gobe-embraces-all-laval-communities-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Gob\u00e9 embraces all Laval communities in mayoralty bid"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Robert Frank<\/b>
www.thesuburban.com<\/a><\/p>\n

Jean-Claude Gob\u00e9 has launched his campaign to become Laval’s next mayor by stressing unambiguously the need to include all Lavalois in the life of the city. <\/p>\n

\u201cI’ve toured Laval and met people from every walk of life,\u201d he told The Suburban<\/i> during a March 21 interview, \u201csocial, business and environmental groups, as well as members of Laval’s cultural communities including Greeks, Lebanese, Italians and Haitians.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cCultural communities make up about a third of Laval residents,\u201d reminded Gob\u00e9. \u201cWe ought to make a special effort to involve these people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAt the end of the day, we are all Canadians, Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois and Lavalois,\u201d he added. \u201cEvery one of us is a citizen and ought to be able to participate fully in politics\u2014or any other aspect of our society.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gob\u00e9 is preparing his election campaign deliberately and methodically, like the infantry officer that he was before he emigrated from France to Canada in 1972. He said that his political party, Action Laval, plans to field candidates in every district during the upcoming municipal election in November. However, he is taking his time to vet prospective candidates carefully.<\/p>\n

\u201cA good number of men and women have expressed an interest in running under the Action Laval banner, and we expect to announce our slate in late April or early May,\u201d he promised.<\/p>\n

Gob\u00e9 is also developing a detailed political platform, which he plans to unveil at a later date.<\/p>\n

In the meantime, he gave The Suburban<\/i> an overview of his objectives.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst, I want to put an end to collusion and corruption,\u201d he said. \u201cIt’s not the sort of city the citizens of Laval want to live in.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSecond, I want to restore residents’ confidence in the city administration, as well as its politicians. We’ve formed a working group on transparency and will have a lot more to say on that front when we announce the program.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThird is to make Laval more convivial,\u201d he continued. \u201cThe city needs a more human face: It should only be cold in the winter. We need a place where it’s good to raise our children in, with cultural activities like music and theatre that appeal to our young men and women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Gob\u00e9 also said that he favours protecting the city’s environment from rapacious urban development.<\/p>\n

\u201cLaval is the only city of 400,000 [in Quebec] where you can still find farmland,\u201d he noted. \u201cWe even produce wine grown in our own vineyards! That’s a heritage worth preserving for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

In addition, Gob\u00e9 committed to safeguard the city’s aging populace.<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt’s important to help seniors to remain in their homes as long as possible, by providing the resources that they need,\u201d he stressed. \u201cSeniors don’t want to be driven into retirement homes simply because there’s a shortage of municipal services.\u201d<\/div>\n
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Gob\u00e9 concluded by pledging greater fiscal probity.<\/div>\n
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\u201cPeople work hard for the taxes that they pay,\u201d he asserted, \u201cand as stewards of the city budget, we have to take care of their money as carefully as a mother or father would manage their family budget.\u201d<\/div>\n
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\nJean-Claude Gob\u00e9 appeared on Greek television, March 18, to share his vision for Laval with the city\u2019s Hellenic viewers.<\/b><\/div>\n

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