Editing Denis Coderre (section)

=== Spending of $410 million for Montréal's 375th anniversary in 2017 ===
Coderre's municipal government contributed $410 million for events and projects for Montreal's 375th anniversary, which took place in 2017.<ref name="LaVerif">{{cite news |url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1033942/anniversaire-montreal-cout-festivite-fete-milliard |title=La Vérif : un milliard de dollars pour le 375e de Montréal |lang=fr |trans-title=''La Vérif'': A billion dollars for Montreal's 375th anniversary |date=May 16, 2017 |last=Cormier |first=François |work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|Radio-Canada]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104222349/https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1033942/anniversaire-montreal-cout-festivite-fete-milliard |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref> The figure of 410 million means $241 per person in Montreal (population 1.7 million).  The total spending for the festivities exceeded $1 billion. The rest came from Quebec, Ottawa and private sources.<ref name="LaVerif"/> For Montreal's contribution, the main achievements that remain include several sculptures in various parts of Montreal and some other beautification projects.<ref name="BilanLegs">{{cite web |url=https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/375/documents/mtl-375-bilan-final-fr.pdf |title=Bilan des legs: Projets urbains de la Ville de Montréal et de ses partenaires pour le 375e anniversaire de la métropole |lang=fr |trans-title=Legacy assessment: Urban projects in Montreal and its partners for the city's 375th anniversary |publisher=[[Ville de Montréal]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121233011/https://ville.montreal.qc.ca/375/documents/mtl-375-bilan-final-fr.pdf |archive-date=January 21, 2022 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref> In addition, the Société des célébrations du 375e anniversaire de Montréal, to which Montreal was a major contributor, paid $9.5 million out of the total price of $40 million for the controversial light project of the [[Jacques Cartier Bridge]].<ref name="BilanLegs"/> Some have found that the costs of the celebrations have not been worth the benefits.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.montrealgazette.com/opinion/columnists/article265227.html |title=Boshra: Montreal's 375th birthday should be about more than spiffing up the city |date=July 15, 2020 |last=Boshra |first=Basem |work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref>