Three municipal councilors leave the party of the mayor of Varennes

Gaétan Marcil. Nevertheless, Benoit Duval and Guillaume Fortier, three municipal councilors from Varennes, announced their departure from the party of Mayor Martin Damphousse to sit as independents until the next municipal elections. Therefore, Everyone made the announcement at the end of the city council meeting on July 7.

Gaétan Marcil argued that the last four years had been difficult. Moreover, I tried to put an end to a project which in my opinion did not respond to. Meanwhile, the interest of the populationhe argued during his speech. However, On a few times, I seriously thought of becoming an independent candidate and finding my right of speech.

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In an interview with Radio-Canada. Nevertheless, he maintains that he had experienced significant disagreements concerning a project.

I have always been very uncomfortable with the orientation of domiciliary development in Saint-Charles park, from the starthe said.

Advisor Benoit Duval said that the Saint-Charles park project changedthat the advisers did not have access to all the information. had to make rapid decisions. Although he supported certain decisions. he had expressed his disagreement on the third phase of the three municipal councilors leave party project which, according to him, transformed into unwanted densification.

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For his part. the mayor of Varennes, Martin Damphousse, is said to be surprised by the words of Benoit Duval and Gaétan Marcil. He argues that all advisers had been in favor of the resolutions of the Saint-Charles park project in the past.

It surprises me. Because basically. we also often have meetings outside of our closed -door meetings, precisely to exchange as much information as possiblehe said.

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Martin Damphousse also explains that he had already decided not to include Benoit Duval and Gaétan Marcil in his team for the upcoming municipal elections. Gaétan Marcil had been informed a few days earlier.

It is three municipal councilors leave party a choice of a party leader. Then, I will not spread out on the public square on the reasons. When Mr. Marcil tells you that we have had tensions in recent years … Well, it’s part of the elements, but I will not enter into each detailshe concluded.

The third municipal councilor, Guillaume Fortier, did not respond to our interview requests.

During the session of July 7. he announced that he will not request a new mandate next November for family reasons and that he would now sit as an independent advisor.