m_falafel
New member
I arrived in Montreal a few days ago from Australia to visit my daughter for five weeks. She lives right next to the Marché Jean Talon. I am shocked at the pollution, rubbish bags everywhere and Third World-class roads, full of potholes, and dangerous sidewalks. It is like coming to a Third World country rather than a place to be proud of.
On Wednesday, road work was being conducted on Mozart St., with thick carcinogenic smoke billowing out of the machinery. The air is filthy and you can feel the tar in your lungs. I have not seen anything like this since visiting Southeast Asia, where standards are very poor.
We hesitated to take my daughter’s the new baby out for a walk Wednesday, as the pollution levels were so high. Luckily, it was cool and windy — on a hot humid day the air would be unbreathable even indoors.
It appears that the local government does not care about the environment that people have to live in around here. The filth, litter and down at heel shops are shameful, to say the least.
As for the people who have to operate the machinery to repair the awful roads, they appear to be mainly immigrants from South and Central America, and do not even wear basic masks to protect their lungs and eyes.
I find this truly scandalous in a day and age in a so called First World country whose government should know better. I will never come back here by choice, and will be telling my friends not to bother to visit here, either. I feel sorry for the local population, who I am informed pay the highest taxes in Canada, and for little in return. I really believed that this was a better place to live, and will be very happy when my daughter, son-in-law and baby are able to leave. This place makes Canberra, where I come from, seem like paradise.
Earlier, I tried without success to email the local authority for roads and transport. Their website makes it impossible for a visitor to email them, they are very well cocooned in their office somewhere in town. I have not attempted to call them because to be sure I will be fobbed off to some junior public servant and nothing will be doing about my complaint. I hope you can publish this complaint from a foreign visitor who is appalled by the filth and pollution the local population have to endure here. Something needs to be done.
Judy Diamond
Canberra, Australia
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/Lett...ons+Montreal/8393886/story.html#ixzz2UEQePpiI
On Wednesday, road work was being conducted on Mozart St., with thick carcinogenic smoke billowing out of the machinery. The air is filthy and you can feel the tar in your lungs. I have not seen anything like this since visiting Southeast Asia, where standards are very poor.
We hesitated to take my daughter’s the new baby out for a walk Wednesday, as the pollution levels were so high. Luckily, it was cool and windy — on a hot humid day the air would be unbreathable even indoors.
It appears that the local government does not care about the environment that people have to live in around here. The filth, litter and down at heel shops are shameful, to say the least.
As for the people who have to operate the machinery to repair the awful roads, they appear to be mainly immigrants from South and Central America, and do not even wear basic masks to protect their lungs and eyes.
I find this truly scandalous in a day and age in a so called First World country whose government should know better. I will never come back here by choice, and will be telling my friends not to bother to visit here, either. I feel sorry for the local population, who I am informed pay the highest taxes in Canada, and for little in return. I really believed that this was a better place to live, and will be very happy when my daughter, son-in-law and baby are able to leave. This place makes Canberra, where I come from, seem like paradise.
Earlier, I tried without success to email the local authority for roads and transport. Their website makes it impossible for a visitor to email them, they are very well cocooned in their office somewhere in town. I have not attempted to call them because to be sure I will be fobbed off to some junior public servant and nothing will be doing about my complaint. I hope you can publish this complaint from a foreign visitor who is appalled by the filth and pollution the local population have to endure here. Something needs to be done.
Judy Diamond
Canberra, Australia
Read more: http://www.montrealgazette.com/Lett...ons+Montreal/8393886/story.html#ixzz2UEQePpiI
I would love to hear/read more testimonials of other visitors and see the city through their eyes.
