Benoit Gratton

Passionné d’urbanisme, d'aménagement, de transports actifs et collectifs | papa de 3 | Conseiller d'arrondissement de Desmarchais-Crawford à Verdun, Montréal

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@Theov5WHU @TheViveros Unless your French level is really advanced, you will not see the difference.

I have had 7 exchange students stay with us, with varying levels of French, and they only start noticing the difference of accent and expressions after they’ve been with us for 6 to 10 months

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@ByMHarrington Montreal is a city that wakes up late. There will be crowds everywhere in the afternoon and evening

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@jewlicious @briangarrett The food court at Complexe Desjardins is at level -1, not at ground level. So are the connections to Place-des-Arts and Complexe Guy-Favreau.

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@ijameswallace @briangarrett Montreal’s RESO is 32km long, so it’s quite comparable to Toronto’s PATH, really

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@archer_rs @hwcoyle Usually I enjoy your posts but not this time.

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@the_transit_guy Not that it changes the story, but Montreal <> Toronto is 6 daily direct round-trips, not 4

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@handsomey @constans It’s not internationally standardized. Many country use words in their local language.

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@LGBT_NorthKorea @constans No one and no law forced KFC to change its name in Quebec. It was a commercial/marketing decision back in the 1960’s. Burger King stayed Burger King, Canadian Tire kept its name. But Shopper’s Drug Mart changed their name to Pharmaprix. Its up to the company.

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@Lporteurdeau @redroomrantings Not anymore! Tesla sales already went down 85% in Quebec.

https://t.co/OLHOY6SZ04

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@LibertyMAaron @kevlap017 C’était déjà comme ça quand j’étais au primaire dans les années 80. Seule différence: on commençait en 3e année plutôt qu’en 1ere comme maintenant.

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@kim_gaetz FAFO

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@acajacques Même chose ici! La seule raison pour laquelle je garde la ligne filaire, c’est que mon système d’alarme y est connecté et que la surveillance ne me coûte que 100$ par année depuis 20 ans. Sans ça je passerais au 100% cellulaire.

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@grok @Riz1Kh4n @Oceanbreeze473 @grok who is the judge that convicted her, and is he still alive?

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@jahorne I’m a city councillor in Montreal btw. If you’re interested and I’m available I would gladly give you a tour of some of the projects we worked on. But I’m sure you’ll find more people to hang out with on the forum

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@jahorne You should try posting a message on the AgoraMTL forum : that’s where all Montreal urban-enthusiasts hang out. Mostly in French - but most people can also communicate in English.

Try the “introduce yourself” thread: https://t.co/48OppY9x86

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@XavierLeGaulois @le20hfrancetele Entre Cornwall et Kingston, oui

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@parmchm @JacobShaffelbur @sam_d_1995 They used the right-of-way of the former suburban train, but no they did not use existing electrified tracks; everything was built from scratch

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@HarryBedwetter @BenWoodfinden The airport REM station will open in 2027

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@BostjancicJim @BenWoodfinden The airport station will open in 2027

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@RaviBhalla @CityofHoboken @theSCLocal Hoboken is a model I frequently cite in my role of Borough councillor of Verdun, in Montreal, Quebec. You are an inspiration.