The Quebec government wants to reserve a seat for rural municipalities within the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM). Mayors of small municipalities applaud the move, but in Montreal, which stands to lose a seat, the proposal has been met with a cool reception.

On Thursday, Municipal Affairs Minister Geneviève Guilbault tabled an amendment to this effect in a parliamentary committee as part of the analysis of Bill 104.

The reserved seat would better represent the reality of small municipalities with fewer than 25,000 inhabitants in the Greater Montreal area, the minister explained in an interview on the sidelines of the committee meeting.

“For a long time, representatives of rural communities have been telling us, ‘We would like to have a say, we would like our particular reali

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