tolerated rampant corruption. Aside from the human element, the province can re-invent the city's political structure, dumping the bloated and counter-productive system of decentralization including the positions of borough mayors and councils, slashing the ridiculous number of elected officials in the process. Yes, by all means we need to institute new regulations. We need to enforce these rules diligently and we need to step up all aspects of good and honest governance. But nothing short of trusteeship will restore taxpayer faith and hopefully the year-long interlude in municipal rehab will allow political forces to re-organize. I seriously doubt that Union Montreal will survive, but that is a good thing. Those politicians who are honest should welcome the opportunity to re-brand under a new leader. 134 comments: This whole exercise, as in most cases, will be a lot of talk and no action. Even if the whole industry is put under trusteeship, the trustees will become the new corrupt players. Montreal's, and Quebec's infrastructure for that matter, are so inferior and the taxes prohibitively high now the costs of righting the wrongs will be that much more prohibitive. It took a good 50 years to get this way, it will take another 50 years to straighten it out. Fat chance it will ever straighten out! I have never been more discouraged in all my life, when you suspect that everything is corrupt around you it effects your perception of the city you live in and the people you live with. God