{"id":6218,"date":"2015-09-09T15:06:35","date_gmt":"2015-09-09T15:06:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=6218"},"modified":"2015-09-14T14:48:46","modified_gmt":"2015-09-14T14:48:46","slug":"trottier-quits-action-laval","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/09\/09\/trottier-quits-action-laval\/","title":{"rendered":"Trottier quits Action Laval"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Fifth opposition party in the offing<\/h1>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thesuburban.com\">By Robert Frank<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Another political earthquake rumbled through Laval last week. Municipal party plate tectonics shifted again, when Fabreville city councilor Michel Trottier resigned from the official opposition Action Laval party.<\/p>\n<p>Trottier told\u00a0<em>The Suburban\u00a0<\/em>that he intends to form a new political party to run in the next municipal election in 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI want to offer Laval citizens a political alternative,\u201d he said in an interview.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c[The ruling]\u00a0<em>Mouvement lavallois<\/em>\u00a0party is very strong, well organized and structured,\u201d Trottier acknowledged. \u201cIn contrast, Action Laval doesn\u2019t have any structure and no membership. Before the next election, we need to be able to offer residents a credible political party.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s something we have to do relatively quickly,\u201d he added. \u201cWith two years remaining, the time is ripe to gather members and develop a sound structure.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Should Trottier\u2019s dream bear fruit, Laval residents could have at least five political parties to choose from, the next time that they go to the polls. Two other parties remain from the 2013 ballot: Guy Landry\u2019s\u00a0<em>Nouveau parti de lavallois<\/em>\u00a0and Robert Bordeleau\u2019s\u00a0<em>Parti au service des citoyens.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>In addition, as reported in\u00a0<em>The Suburban,\u00a0<\/em>another disaffected Action Laval member, Emilio Migliozzi, has reserved the political party name \u00c9volution Laval with Elections Quebec.<\/p>\n<p>Migliozzi concurred with Trottier\u2019s assessment of Action Laval.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe party had no statutes, no leadership and no general assembly [of members],\u201d Migliozzi told\u00a0<em>The Suburban.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cNow they\u2019re left with just one city councilor [Chomedey\u2019s Agla\u00efa Revelakis].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs for Michel Trottier, I wish him good luck,\u201d he added. \u201cI have had a few discussions with him but we haven\u2019t really sat down face-to-face to deal with substance. Perhaps we might meet to explore whether there are any possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the moment, Trottier rejoins Laval\u2019s three other independent elected city councilors: Pierre Anthian (Laval des Rapides), Alain Lecompte (Or\u00e9e des bois) and Jacques St. Jean (St. Fran\u00e7ois).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very good news that there might be an alternative for change on the horizon in Laval,\u201d Anthian told\u00a0<em>The Suburban.\u00a0<\/em>\u201cThere might be a serious option in 2017.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Anthian, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pierre.anthian.5?fref=ts\">who has recently shown a knack for political cartooning on Facebook<\/a>, didn\u2019t rule out joining Trottier\u2019s initiative.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany details still need to be worked out,\u201d he declared. \u201cHow would it be structured? Who would be the future candidate for mayor? \u201cIt\u2019s very promising, but the detail\u2019s remain vague, so I haven\u2019t made any decision yet.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Migliozzi agreed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need someone who is a\u00a0<em>rassembleur\u00a0<\/em>with leadership qualities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI work a lot with Anthian and Lecompte,\u201d Trottier concluded. \u201cWe cooperate very closely, but first we have to see who is interested. After that, anything is possible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Michel-Trottier.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-6219\" src=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Michel-Trottier-300x94.jpg\" alt=\"Michel Trottier\" width=\"300\" height=\"94\" srcset=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Michel-Trottier-300x94.jpg 300w, https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Michel-Trottier-1024x320.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Michel-Trottier-720x225.jpg 720w, https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/09\/Michel-Trottier.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b class=\"\">Fabreville Councilor Michel Trottier walked out of official opposition last week.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth opposition party in the offing By Robert Frank Another political earthquake rumbled through Laval last week. Municipal party plate tectonics shifted again, when Fabreville city councilor Michel Trottier resigned from the official opposition Action Laval party. Trottier told\u00a0The Suburban\u00a0that he intends to form a new political party to run in the next municipal election<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Trottier quits Action Laval - Newscoverage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2015\/09\/09\/trottier-quits-action-laval\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Trottier quits Action Laval - Newscoverage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fifth opposition party in the offing By Robert Frank Another political earthquake rumbled through Laval last week. 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