The Public Place

Community newspapers, community radio stations, citizen assemblies--all forums of public debate being re-vitalized in "The Public Place."

Preface

Introduction Public Place, Politics, Citizenship and Community

1

(13)

The Search For Community

14

(7)

POLITICS

Municipality for Sale

21

(3)

What Are They Doing? Chaos at City Hall

24

(4)

Montreal's Transportation Dilemma

28

(4)

The Opposition Majority at City Hall

32

(5)

For a Democratic Montreal Constitution: The Challenge Before the Majority Opposition at City Hall

37

(5)

For an Ecological City: The Challenges Before the Majority Opposition at City Hall

42

(3)

Who Defends Montreal

45

(4)

Attention Citizens

49

(3)

Looking for Important Change

52

(4)

Background on the Difficult Choice Ahead Part 1

56

(4)

Background on the Difficult Choice Ahead Part 3

60

(4)

The Wrongheadedness of Politicians and Others

64

(4)

A Citizen's Agenda A Season For (Significant) Change

68

(4)

Comments on The Morning After

72

(4)

The New Year and New Initiatives

76

(4)

New Directions For the City

80

(4)

Open Letter to Our City Councilors

84

(5)

Big Changes Ahead -- Are We Ready?

89

(4)

Montrealers Don't Count We Are Subjects Not Citizens

93

(6)

ECONOMICS

An Agenda of Problems

99

(3)

Think Globally -- Act Locally

102

(3)

The True Cost of Economic Growth

105

(3)

Why We Need Community A Brake on Corporate Power

108

(4)

The System Cracks

112

(4)

Economic Self-Interest or Democracy Which Way to Happiness?

116

(5)

COMMUNITY

The Search For Community Year 2

121

(3)

The Human Need For Solidarity

124

(4)

Seeking and Building Community

128

(4)

Neighbourhoods -- The Place to Be

132

(3)

The Montreal of Neighbourhoods

135

(4)

Mutual Aid Amongst Ourselves

139

(4)

Notes on Our Community

143

(4)

Memory Means Community Identity

147

(8)

ENVIRONMENT

The Responsibility To Remember

155

(8)

Cars on Our Streets -- Rights or Privilege?

163

(1)

Why Do We Have Dirty Streets in Our Neighbourhoods?

163

(5)

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

168

(3)

Our Future -- Our City

171

(4)

Healing Our City

175

(4)

From the Local to the Global

179

(4)

Water, Water Everywhere But

183

(4)

Summer Holidays

187

(4)

Index

191

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