{"id":16012,"date":"2014-10-28T14:42:44","date_gmt":"2014-10-28T18:42:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/?p=16012"},"modified":"2014-10-28T14:42:44","modified_gmt":"2014-10-28T18:42:44","slug":"nuns-island-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-debate\/","title":{"rendered":"Martel takes Nun\u2019s Island debate"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-carousel-extra='{&quot;blog_id&quot;:1,&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-debate\/&quot;}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-16012 gallery-columns-5 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-debate\/dlamarche\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"111\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dlamarche.png?fit=111%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16015\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dlamarche.png?w=283&amp;ssl=1 283w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dlamarche.png?resize=111%2C150&amp;ssl=1 111w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dlamarche.png?resize=222%2C300&amp;ssl=1 222w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dlamarche.png?resize=185%2C250&amp;ssl=1 185w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dlamarche.png?resize=148%2C200&amp;ssl=1 148w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dlamarche.png?resize=71%2C96&amp;ssl=1 71w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 111px) 100vw, 111px\" data-attachment-id=\"16015\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-debate\/dlamarche\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dlamarche.png?fit=283%2C382&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"283,382\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"dlamarche\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Diane Lamarche-Venne&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dlamarche.png?fit=283%2C382&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16015'>\n\t\t\t\tDiane Lamarche-Venne\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-debate\/vtremblay\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"111\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vtremblay.png?fit=111%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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data-orig-size=\"283,382\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"vtremblay\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;V\u00e9ronique Tremblay&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/vtremblay.png?fit=283%2C382&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16016'>\n\t\t\t\tV\u00e9ronique Tremblay\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-debate\/maire-parenteau-verdun-5-octobre-e1413810546316-150x150\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maire-Parenteau-Verdun-5-octobre-e1413810546316-150x150.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" 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(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"16017\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-debate\/maire-parenteau-verdun-5-octobre-e1413810546316-150x150\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maire-Parenteau-Verdun-5-octobre-e1413810546316-150x150.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"150,150\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Maire-Parenteau-Verdun-5-octobre-e1413810546316-150&amp;#215;150\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Brunet, Lamasanu,Marel, Parenteau, Varin&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Maire-Parenteau-Verdun-5-octobre-e1413810546316-150x150.jpg?fit=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16017'>\n\t\t\t\tBrunet, Lamasanu,Marel, Parenteau, Varin\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-debate\/commissaire-pierre-labrosse\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"107\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/commissaire-pierre-labrosse.jpg?fit=107%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-16014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/commissaire-pierre-labrosse.jpg?w=150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/commissaire-pierre-labrosse.jpg?resize=107%2C150&amp;ssl=1 107w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/commissaire-pierre-labrosse.jpg?resize=142%2C200&amp;ssl=1 142w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/commissaire-pierre-labrosse.jpg?resize=68%2C96&amp;ssl=1 68w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 107px) 100vw, 107px\" data-attachment-id=\"16014\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-debate\/commissaire-pierre-labrosse\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/commissaire-pierre-labrosse.jpg?fit=150%2C210&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"150,210\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"commissaire-pierre-labrosse\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Pierre Labrosse&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/commissaire-pierre-labrosse.jpg?fit=150%2C210&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16014'>\n\t\t\t\tPierre Labrosse\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-debate\/boivin\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" 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68w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 107px) 100vw, 107px\" data-attachment-id=\"16013\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/nuns-island-debate\/boivin\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Boivin.jpg?fit=591%2C827&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"591,827\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;10&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D700&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1411226010&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;66&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Boivin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Jean-Pierre Boivin&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Boivin.jpg?fit=428%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-16013'>\n\t\t\t\tJean-Pierre Boivin\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>The Nun\u2019s Island owners and residents\u2019 committee (Association des propri\u00e9taires et r\u00e9sidants de L\u2019\u00cele-des-S\u0153urs APRIDS) held an all-candidates meeting of people running for the Marguerite Bourgeoys school board last week.<\/p>\n<p>The two candidates for chair, Diane Lamarche-Venne and Max Martel both participated, as did their Nun\u2019s Island candidates, V\u00e9ronique Tremblay and Caroline Varin and independent candidate and current commissioner Pierre Labrosse. The debate took place on Tuesday, October 21st at 7 p.m. in the Elgar Community Centre.<\/p>\n<p>For his part, Max Martel made it clear that he wants to make major changes at the operational level of the school board if he\u2019s selected as chair.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>All the infrastructures in schools are underutilized,\u201d he said. \u201cUnder my leadership, the infrastructure between a municipality and a school would be co-managed for optimum use.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Current chair Diane Lamarche-Venne emphasized her experience and understanding of how school boards run.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We already have fifty different partnership agreements in place now,\u201d she said. \u201cI\u2019m confident that more will be worked out in collaboration with partners, including the borough.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>She also dropped a bombshell to the Nun\u2019s Island audience.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The poll on September 30 that determines how many students are in each school shows that the there\u2019s no need for a third school on Nun\u2019s Island prior to 2018 and 2019,\u201d she said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Local borough politicians insist that a third school should be in the planning stages now, but so far, the school board has not requested land. Lamarche-Venne\u2019s statement explains why not.<\/p>\n<p>The entire room erupted in speech and questions, but Martel silenced them with a single comment which emphasized the promise he has made to Nun\u2019s Island parents and the borough of Verdun.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If it took five years [to open a school on the island] last time, we have to start now,\u201d he said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The position is part of the reason why Verdun Mayor Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau publicly backed Max Martel and his team in Verdun, including commissioner candidates Caroline Varin and Stefana Lamasanu. Parenteau spoke on behalf of all the Coderre party borough representatives as a team. The three Projet Montreal councillors in Verdun did not take a similar party-wide decision, although it\u2019s known that the\u00a0individuals involved\u00a0back the Martel candidates.<\/p>\n<p>Less than thirty people listened to the presentation, among them candidates from other ridings, including Jean-Pierre Boivin, who is running on Lamarche-Venne\u2019s team in the LaSalle north district.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I consider my function as a school commissioner to be somebody to help the schools to succeed with their educative projects,\u201d said Boivin.\u00a0\u201cEspecially in Cote St. Luc where 70% of the students of the French schools are allophones. We must help them keep their identity and integrate into society, all at the same time.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Less than thirty people listened to the presentation. Organizer Daniela Villabora, the APRIDS president said that many of the people she invited won\u2019t be voting in the election because they want school boards eliminated.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about the Lamarche-Venne team, refer to their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.equipe-lamarche-venne.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>. For more information about the Martel team, refer to their <a href=\"http:\/\/www.maxmartel.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Nun\u2019s Island owners and residents\u2019 committee (Association des propri\u00e9taires et r\u00e9sidants de L\u2019\u00cele-des-S\u0153urs APRIDS) held an all-candidates meeting of people running for the Marguerite Bourgeoys school board last week. The two candidates for chair, Diane Lamarche-Venne and Max Martel both participated, as did their Nun\u2019s Island candidates, V\u00e9ronique Tremblay and Caroline Varin and independent [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_wp_convertkit_post_meta":{"form":"-1","landing_page":"0","tag":"0","restrict_content":"0"},"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,22],"tags":[526,524,522,523,525],"class_list":["post-16012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lasalleposts","category-verdunposts","tag-caroline-varin","tag-diane-lamarche-venne","tag-max-martel","tag-nuns-island-owners-and-residents-committee","tag-veronique-tremblay","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2buQs-4ag","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16069,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/marguerite-bourgeoys-schoolboard\/","url_meta":{"origin":16012,"position":0},"title":"New Faces at Marguerite-Bourgeoys","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"November 4, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Despite many fewer school board commissioners at the French Marguerite Bourgeoys, there will be several new faces around the table. Diane Lamarche-Venne easily won the right to remain chair with 60% of the votes placed. She got 5,742 votes compared to 3,881for Max Martel. Martel did do well in Verdun\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Journalism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Journalism","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/writing\/notable-nonfiction\/journalism\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Diane Lamarche-Venne","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/dlamarche-222x300.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":16061,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/congratulations-school-commissioners\/","url_meta":{"origin":16012,"position":1},"title":"Congratulations School Commissioners","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"November 3, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 \u00a0 Congratulations to Diane Lamarche-Venne and Suanne Stein Day, the new school board presidents. Congratulations also to the new Verdun and LaSalle school commissioners. Lester B. Pearson Reps Mary Ann Davis, Verdun and the Bronx and Frank di Bello, rest of LaSalle. Marguerite Bourgeoys Reps Sarita Benchimol in the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Journalism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Journalism","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/writing\/notable-nonfiction\/journalism\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/20Marie-Ann-Davis.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15954,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/french-election-primer-english-speakers\/","url_meta":{"origin":16012,"position":2},"title":"French election primer for English-speakers","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"October 11, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"At least 22,366 English-speaking families will have the right and obligation to vote for commissioners at one of Montreal\u2019s three French School Boards on November 2. They come from English-speaking homes attended French public schools in 2012-2013. Anyone else who didn\u2019t make arrangements to transfer to an English school board\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Journalism&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Journalism","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/writing\/notable-nonfiction\/journalism\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":940,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/week3electionroundu\/","url_meta":{"origin":16012,"position":3},"title":"Week Three Election Roundup: Marquette, Marguerite-Bourgeoys and Verdun Ridings","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"August 24, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"As week three began, candidates and their volunteers were distributing pamphlets door to door, phoning residents to ask their intentions, visiting local events to speak with participants, and greeting people at Metro stations and bus stops. \u201cIt\u2019s better to meet people coming home at the end of the day,\u201d says\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;LaSalle&quot;","block_context":{"text":"LaSalle","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/lasalleposts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/08\/Verdunsmall.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":2985,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/jean-francois-parenteau\/","url_meta":{"origin":16012,"position":4},"title":"Verdun Mayor Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau to Assist Executive Committee","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"November 19, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u00a0 Denis Coderre named Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau, recently-elected\u00a0Mayor of Verdun, as an assistant member of Montreal\u2019s Executive Committee. He will concentrate on improving water infrastructure. Congratulations Mr. Parenteau. \u00a0 New Verdun Mayor: Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau Association: \u00c9quipe Denis Coderre pour Montr\u00e9al, http:\/\/www.equipedeniscoderre.com Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Parenteau will either inspire or scare you with his\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Verdun&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Verdun","link":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/category\/canada\/verdunposts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Parenteau","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Parenteau-288x300.png?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":903,"url":"https:\/\/traceyarial.com\/blog\/en\/henri-francoisgautrin\/","url_meta":{"origin":16012,"position":5},"title":"Henri-Fran\u00e7ois Gautrin, Liberal candidate for Verdun","author":"Tracey Arial","date":"August 14, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"I haven't spoken to Henri-Fran\u00e7ois\u00a0Gautrin yet, but his staff gave me a list of his schedule for the next two weeks and an outline of the two local issues that are most important to him. 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