Maryse Bouchard and Leslie Roberts battle for Peter-McGill | The Corner Booth

The downtown district of Peter-McGill, which includes the Golden Square Mile, Mount Royal and Cabot Square, promises to be a hotly contested battle in the coming municipal election on Nov. 2. Representing Projet Montréal in this race is Maryse Bouchard. While also new to politics, Bouchard worked for 31 years for the city of Montreal, with a specialty in implementing new public services. For example, Bouchard worked on the new cultural and community space, the Sanaaq Centre, which opened in May. In the other corner, there's Leslie Roberts with Ensemble Montréal. The former journalist and broadcaster is a familiar name and face for anglophone Montrealers of a certain age. He's a political neophyte who decided to enter the race after a convincing cup of coffee with Ensemble leader Soraya Martinez Ferrada. They both held individual sit-downs with hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on a special back-to-back series of episodes of The Corner Booth, filmed at the Snowdon Deli. Subscribe to The Gazette on YouTube:    / @mtlgazette   You can also find The Gazette on: X:   / mtlgazette   TikTok:   / mtlgazette   LinkedIn:   / the-montreal-gazette   Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/mtlgazette.b... The Montreal Gazette is the oldest daily newspaper in Quebec, founded in 1778, and publishes in English, serving the greater Montreal area. It covers local, national, and international news with a focus on politics, culture, and community issues relevant to Quebecers.