“The climate crisis is not very present in the electoral campaign and we find that a little disturbing,” underlines Amélie Therrien, president of the Syndicat des enseignantes et enseignants du cégep Montmorency (SEECM). “It’s a must to mobilize collectively in order to respond to this lack of political will.”

Some SEECM members were already in front of the CEGEP at 7 o’clock.

“For the teachers of Collège Montmorency, the climate situation isn’t technical, but political,” the SEECM said. “It depends directly on our ability to organize ourselves and collectively limit our consumption, for the sake of justice. In this sense, they’re especially calling for a complete exit from fossil fuels by 2030, as well as a massive reinvestment in public services and the social safety net.”

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Working for more than 20 years in economic development, including 14 with Montréal International, a supraregional organization responsible for attracting foreign investment, Haytayan was recruited by the multinational Ubisoft, where she holds the position of Director of International Corporate Affairs.

“It’s an important addition for us and our economic team,” said Legault, insisting on his “obsession” for economy.

Haytayan described herself as a “woman of action”, and someone determined to “invest in the common good”.

“If elected, I will work with the mayor’s team (Stéphane Boyer) in order to attract, especially, more companies in life sciences and health technology, clean and digital technologies ,” said Haytayan, by evoking the presence of the Cité de la biotechnologie et de la santé humaine du Grand Montréal in Laval.

Haytayan also talked about climate change, expressing her interest in “creating an industrial cluster, or an innovation zone in climate technologies”.

Team Completed

The new candidate joins the five others already participating to the campaign in Laval, which are Christopher Skeete (Sainte-Rose), Julie Séide (Mille-Îles), Valérie Schmaltz (Vimont), George Platanitis (Chomedey) and Alice Abou-Khalil (Fabre).

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