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If the mayor said last week that the fall promises to be busy, the budget discussions scheduled for the fall will be at the heart of discussions for many councilors.

The chairman of the board, Daniel Champagne believes that the City of Gatineau must find ways to diversify its revenues to accelerate the pace in catching up on infrastructure.

Mr. Champagne, who wants Quebec to give a Quebec Sales Tax (QST) point to cities to help them pay for services to citizens, hopes the council will vote on this issue.

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Daniel Champagne wishes to transfer a QST point to municipalities

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Champagne adviser also wants to discuss the services provided to users of the Outaouais Transport Corporation (STO). Although he supports the light rail project for the west end of the City, he reminds that this project will not see the day before at least 10 years. In the meantime, he expects the STO to quickly adopt solutions to address transit issues in this sector.

It is an entity that is independent of the City, but there is also a good percentage, almost 50%, that depends on the City, so we still have a responsibility to put some pressure on it to be there. short and medium term improvements. I expect there to be significant changes. added Mr. Champagne.

Councilor Daniel Champagne also intends to come back with his proposal to integrate the services of the STO to those of the City of Gatineau.

For her part, Councilor Louise Boudrias also wants to address the issue of infrastructure.

Although she supports the efforts of Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin and the Union of Quebec Municipalities (UMQ) to obtain a new fiscal pact, the councilor believes that the council will have to make difficult choices during the discussions. November budget.

We have no choice, sewerage problems, I have in my neighborhood, there are all over the territory, we can not ask citizens to live with it, it's impossible, she said.

I think a city has to provide basic services to its people and then we can work on a set of projects, at some point you have to make decisions.

The elected representative of the Parc-de-la-Montagne-Saint-Raymond district also wants follow-ups on delays in the repair of potholes and street marking. It also intends to ask for a status report on the costs incurred for the city by the new waste management plan.