William Fayad gives priority to controlling airplane noise

The completion of sports complexes in Saint-Laurent and Cartierville are also part of his priorities. "We must complete these complexes as quickly as possible so that our young people can benefit from them,” said Fayed, who ran for the PQ in 2003 and the Bloc Québécois in the June 2004 and January 2006 elections. “For the moment, the project is dragging and it is the future generation who will pay with their time and talent for squabbles between the municipal, provincial and federal governments."

In addition to wanting to meet cultural community associations and to help them achieve their objectives, the PQ candidate wishes to do something about the lack of space at the Saint-Laurent Women’s Center. The organization, which is located on Décarie Boulevard is looking for a place better suited to its needs to continue to offer its services, but does not have the necessary financing.

On March 26, Fayad is counting on the cultural community vote to improve his standing. In the 2003 elections, the PQ candidate got 4,556 votes versus 24,745 for the outgoing Liberal Member of the National Assembly Jacques Dupuis.

According to Fayad, the vote has, for a few years, been more divided in Saint-Laurent, a traditional Liberal district. "National and international politics influence more and more the choice of voters," he said, giving the example of the war in Lebanon, which affected certain federal districts in the 2006 election. (Translated by Michael Beigleman)