Montreal needs an ambassador who knows not only how the global economy works; he or she needs to be able to snuff out cronyism at City Hall and take on the unions to address a looming pension crisis that has seen retiree payouts increasingly crowd out city services. The next mayor also needs to be a deep thinker who knows that what makes a city great is a Jane Jacobs-esque mix of social capital, vibrant but safe streets, scaled infrastructure and cultural febrility.
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