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promised to remove existing bicycle lanes from major streets, reduce parking fines, increase the number of downtown parking lots, permit on-street downtown parking on weekends and evenings, and eliminate some reserved bus routes that he believed would "hurt commercial activity and cause traffic problems." A subsequent
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Choquette promised in June 1994 that he would support car ownership if elected as mayor. Describing the car as "a means for man to manifest his freedom," he said that
Montrealers had heard too many warnings about air pollution, traffic congestion, and the advantages of alternative transportation. He
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Applebaum resigned from the party to sit as independents on April 3, 1995; Searle indicated that both he and Applebaum had been excluded from party planning. Choquette pledged later in the same month that he would continue to lead the debt-ridden party, but, on May 9, 1995, he formally
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Choquette's withdrawal but himself resigned the following year amid continued inter-party turmoil. Unable to find a successor, the remnants of the Civic Party merged into
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When he launched the Parti des Montréalais, Choquette pledged to eliminate
Montreal's non-residential surtax and replace it with a business tax. When the party announced its first nominated candidates for council in March 1994, the two most prominent figures were veterans of a local anti-tax
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Choquette finished a distant third in the 1994 mayoral contest, receiving about 13% of the popular vote. All three of Parti des Montréalais's incumbent councillors were defeated, while only two party candidates were elected: Searle in the Loyola division and
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bilingual signs to encourage tourism and prevent anglophones from leaving the city. In May 1994, he proposed eliminating the unelected position of city manager on the grounds that the office was too powerful.
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Montreal's Miron quarry landfill and, as a short-term solution to the city's trash problems, ship its garbage to "outlying areas." He criticized the recommendations of a
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Choquette's proposals as "madness" and argued they would "downgrade the quality of life in neighborhoods," while incumbent mayor
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Lalonde, "New candidates for Choquette; Ten ex-members of defunct Action Montreal Party join municipal-election team of mayoral hopeful,"
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in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. When the news of his party's defeat was reported, Choquette remarked that voters "preferred a dream to reality."
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Irwin Block, "It was lights out for
Montrealers' Party; Victory in N.D.G. council race is only bright spot for Choquette's group,"
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Irwin Block, "It was lights out for Montrealers' Party; Victory in N.D.G. council race is only bright spot for Choquette's group,"
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Michelle Lalonde, "Choquette unveils pro-automobile policy; Mayoral hopeful wants to dismantle bike paths, build parking lots,"
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Elizabeth Thompson, "Choquette bolts from troubled Civic Party; Former Outremont mayor follows Gagnier, Auf der Maur out door,"
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Michelle Lalonde, "City manager to make $ 140,000 a year; Salary is more than civil servant was paid while working for MUC,"
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Choquette's organization in August 1994. The Parti des Montréalais also received outside support from veteran councillor
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described Choquette's plan as "a philosophy of the '60s." Choquette responded with letter to the
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Jérôme Choquette, "Mayoral hopeful aims to help cyclists, motorists,"
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