Top 10 statements made by Richard Bergeron, Party Leader of Projet Montréal

MONTREAL , Oct. 6 /CNW Telbec/ - For several years the leader of Projet Montréal, Richard Bergeron , has made several peculiar comments. The following are a few examples:

    
    10. Mr. Bergeron publicly stated that by smoking he effectively reduces
        his lung capacity thereby preventing himself from running too quickly
        and hurting himself like he did when he stopped smoking cigarettes.

        "I smoke because it is good for my health" La Presse, October 5th
        2009.

    9.  Mr. Bergeron has very set ideas on the issue of local services. Here
        are a few samples of what he has said on the subject :

        "What is with the excessive rush to remove snow? Snow is far from
        being a source of drama(...) " La Presse, February 18th 2008.

        On the subject of the priorities for Montreal "Not fixing pot-holes
        (...)" La Presse, May 26th 2009.

        On the subject of underground and road infrastructure repairs. "We
        are going to spend billions of dollars replacing pipes, pouring
        concrete and spreading asphalt in the same manner as it was done
        60 years ago. Let's take the time to reflect on the type of city we
        want to live in for the next 50 years." Transcontinental- Le Plateau,
        November 26th 2008.

    8.  Projet Montréal maintains that it is the only political party that
        has the talent and determination to ensure the long-term
        sustainability of Montreal. Are they really the best team to oversee
        the city's $4 billion budget at a time when the world is experiencing
        a global recession ?

        Here is what Richard Bergeron had to say regarding his own
        participation in the city's budgetary process. " I already told the
        mayor that we would be of no use since we don't have the necessary
        skills." Le Devoir, December 17th 2005.

    7.  Richard Bergeron has repeated on numerous occasions that he wants to
        approach poltics in a different manner and that he wants his voice to
        be heard during all the debates in all forums. Here is what he had to
        say regarding a debate between himself and Gérald Tremblay given
        Louise Harel's inability to debate in English.

        "In the absence of Louise Harel, members of the public who would have
        only seen that debate would have gotten the impression that the sole
        alternative to Gérald Tremblay is Richard Bergeron. That is
        magical." Le Devoir, September 23rd 2009

    6.  While the main parties decided not to post any election signs in the
        public domain in order to reduce sources of visual and environmental
        pollution Projet Montréal, which never misses an opportunity to
        declare how it wants to approach politics in a different fashion,
        decided to adhere to "old-school" politics by posting election signs
        across the city. A blatant case of doublespeak and the first in a
        series of Richard Bergeron's conspiracy theories.

        "As generous as this offer may have seemed, it contained a hidden
        trap." La Presse. September 19th 2009.

    5.  For months Mr. Bergeron has tried to position himself has a great
        defender of ethical principles. What Mr. Bergeron forgot to mention
        is that the Commission des relations de travail found he that he was
        in fact in a position of conflict of interest by holding the position
        of city councillor while also working at the AMT. In its decision the
        Commission highlighted the the fact that "These functions are
        incompatible for the sole reason of the existence of a potential or
        apparent conflict of interest(...)" see
        www.crt.qc.ca/decisions/200732007QCCRT0482.pdf, p 23 to 25

    4.  On the issue of the financing of political parties. Mr. Bergeron was
        forced to retract his comments and publicly apologize on at least
        seven occasions during the city council meeing held on August 24th
        2009 after he tried to damage the reputation of the owner of the
        former CN rail yards in the cour Point-St-Charles.

    3.  Mr. Bergeron believes there is a conspiracy theory surrounding the
        terrorist attacks that occured on September 11th 2001 in the United
        States. The following is an excerpt from his 2005 anti-car book "Les
        Québécois au volant, c'est criminel"

        "Regarding the two other planes that crashed, one at the Pentagon in
        Washington and the other in a field near Pittsburgh, Pensylvania, we
        enter into what I refer to as a macabre farce. Everyone knows that
        that in the event of a plane crash, regardless of the circumstances
        in which it occurs, there is an abundance of debris that is produced.
        I personally don't believe that airplanes weighing 60 tonnes could
        simply vanish. It might be that what we witnessed on September 11th
        2001 was a simple act of state banditry of titanic proportions."

    2.  When asked by a La Presse journalist whether he maintains his
        position regarding the events that took place on September 11th 2001
        M. Bergeron responded:

        " I am damn proud of that paragraph" La Presse, October 5th 2009

    1.  Mr. Bergeron calls into question whether man effectively did ever
        walk on the moon. In an interview granted to Le Journal de Montréal
        on April 19th 2006 Mr. Bergeron said :

        "Are you sure we went to the moon?. I am not so sure. I'm not saying
        that we didn't go there. I have questions and have read up on the
        issue. It's a funny coincidence because I thought of this yesterday.
        I don't know what happened. I must have connected with your brain
        waves yesterday."
    

Payé et autorisé par Marc Deschamps , agent officiel d'Équipe Tremblay-Union Montréal

For further information: Geneviève Hinse, Union Montréal, [phone] # 121, Cell.: [phone]