MONTREAL - Montreal's new mayor-elect says voters have broken a new ceiling by electing a person from a diverse and immigrant background to lead the city.

Soraya Martinez Ferrada says her victory is proof that people from all over the world can be welcomed and find success in the city.

Martinez Ferrada arrived in Canada as a Chilean child refugee in 1980, when her family fled the military dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet.

On Sunday, the former federal cabinet minister handily defeated the leader of the left-leaning party that has governed the city for the last eight years.

Martinez Ferrada said today that her top priorities include helping to end the ongoing strike by public transit workers and tackling the issue of homelessness.

She confirmed the city will no longer dismantle tent en

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