• Why is Valérie Plante not running again as mayor?

  • Oct 24 2024
  • Length: 17 mins
  • Podcast

Why is Valérie Plante not running again as mayor?

  • Summary

  • After 7 years as mayor, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante has decided she’s not going to run again. As recently as a month ago, Plante had said she would seek a third mandate. So what is prompting this decision now? CBC reporter Matt Lapierre joins Ainslie MacLellan to break down Plante’s surprise announcement, and political scientists Dónal Gill and Katherine Sullivan look at how it fits into a wider trend of political burnout, including amongst women. With research by Carla Désir.

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