This week on This is Montreal, CBC reporter Matt Lapierre joins Ainslie MacLellan to break down Plante's surprise announcement, and political scientists Dónal Gill and Katherine Sullivan look at how it fits into a wider trend of political burnout,

A survey conducted by SOM for La Presse asked 1,450 adult Montreal residents if they wished to see Plante win a third term in 2025. More than half (54 per cent) said no, twice the 27 per cent of respondents who answered yes, while 19 per cent said they did not know.

Mayor Valérie Plante, the first woman elected to Montreal's top job and whose vision for urban mobility helped make Montreal renowned for its many car-free streets, said Wednesday she won't seek re-el

Valérie Plante will not be seeking re-election as Montreal's mayor, according to Radio-Canada sources. Plante is expected to hold a press conference at 11:30 a.m. to announce the decision. This is a breaking news story that will be updated.

Reaction from Montrealers was mixed, but perhaps with more weight on the celebratory side, when news broke, this morning, that Mayor Valerie Plante would not seek reelection. “Despite all the

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante participates in the Adaptation Futures 2023 Conference devoted to climate change adaptation on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Plante says she won’t be running for a third term and will quit municipal politics at the end of this term in 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Reaction from Montrealers was mixed, but perhaps with more weight on the celebratory side, when news broke, this morning, that Mayor Valerie Plante would not seek reelection. “Despite all the

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says she won't run for a third term in next year's municipal elections. Plante's office confirmed the news, which the mayor will make official at a news conference scheduled for 11:30 a.