AUGUST 2014
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By Leah Kellar
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Three hundred years and
more than a generation since
the first European settlement
was established on the 48-ki-
lometre island now known as
Montréal, the Ville de Mon-
tréal/City of Montréal and lo-
cal administrations, together
with private and public sec-
tor partners and citizenry, are
pioneering a new, green, sus-
tainable vision with actionable
initiatives that will ensure the
historic city remains a place to
live and grow for families of
generations to come.
Under the leadership of
the municipal administration,
Montréal Community Sustain-
able Development Plan 2010-
2015 recognizes that building
an economically competitive
city of the future means pre-
serving its legacy for future
generations. This means that
taking care of the environ-
ment is priority number one
for the city and its partners.
Ville de Montréal and its part-
ners comprise different com-
mittees behind the long-term
initiative. They are taking a
different approach to city de-
velopment with the underly-
ing belief that environmental
sustainability and biodiversity
go hand-in-hand with an eco-
nomically prosperous city that
can retain and attract a new
generation of workers and
families.
“We believe there is a very
important link between sus-
tainable development and
economic development. If
we save our resources then
we will be a richer society at
the end of the process,” said
Réal Ménard in conversation
with Business Elite Canada.
Ménard is an executive com-
