This process helps clarify decision-making by elected officials who sit on city council and the agglomeration council.

Eleven standing committees

Learn more about these bodies, their members and public consultations to come:

• Commission de la présidence du conseil (deals with citizen participation in public consultation)
• Commission de la sécurité publique(police and fire departments, and emergency management)
• Commission sur la culture, le patrimoine et les sports (cultural life, heritage and sports)
• Commission sur le développement économique et urbain et l’habitation (economic and urban development, and housing)
• Commission sur le développement social et la diversité montréalaise (social development and diversity in Montréal)
• Commission sur l’eau, l’environnement, le développement durable et les grands parcs (water, environment, sustainable development and large parks)
• Commission sur l’examen des contrats (public tendering procedures)
• Commission sur les finances et l’administration (financial and administrative records)
• Commission sur l’inspecteur général(mandate of the municipal inspector-general)
• Commission sur le schéma d’aménagement et de développement de Montréal (amendments to the agglomeration concept plan)
• Commission sur le transport et les travaux publics (transportation infrastructure and public works)

Subjects examined

View the documents (in French) related to matters examined by the standing committees. They are grouped in seven subjects:

• Budget and administration
• Culture and urban life
• Municipal democracy
• Economic development
• Housing and urban planning
• Public security
• Transportation and environment

Video archives

Videos of the standing committees’ review of files can be viewed here.

Contact us

For further information, contact us by email or by phone at 514-872-3000.

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