All they are doing is shining more light on themselves...
Lawyers for the developer of a proposed 325-unit residential project on the former Marianopolis College site on Mount Royal [in Montreal] have threatened to sue a local CEGEP teacher for slander and libel over her outspoken criticism of the project.
In a legal letter dated June 15, lawyers for Cato Development Inc. accuse Anushree Varma of inferring or implying that "our client is somehow, and/or in some way, involved in scandalous, illegal and inappropriate business practices."
Varma, an English teacher at CEGEP du Vieux Montréal, said she plans to continue to criticize the project because she believes it is not in the public's interest and will lead to the sale and development of other institutional properties on Mount Royal.
"It is a public debate and I fully assert my right to participate in that debate. ... This is just a clumsy attempt to shut me up," she said.
But given the long history of preference to business over the public in Montreal, it just might work...
Mayor Tremblay, the Gift that Keeps on Giving. He seems to want to be the Rameses II of Montreal ('cause he likes to build stuff, not the slave thing. Sheesh, lighten up).
Read more here, and read the original article here
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