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Coronavirus: Quebec announces $263M in aid to help Montreal offset financial losses
coronavirus pandemic on municipal finances.Andrée Laforest, Quebec’s minister of municipal affairs and housing, made the announcement in Montreal on Tuesday alongside Chantal Rouleau, the minister responsible for Montreal, and Mayor Valérie Plante.“It will allow the City of Montreal to position itself as a key player in the economic recovery,” Laforest said. Montreal unveils property tax freeze for 2021 amid coronavirus crisis Plante acknowledged the investment was timely.“Montreal suffered a great deal during the first wave of this pandemic and necessarily so too did our finances,” Plante said.