Editing Denis Coderre (section)

==== Pit bull ban ====
On September 27, 2016, Montreal passed a citywide [[pit bull]] ban. Coderre was an advocate for the bylaw, stating that "my duty as mayor of Montreal is making sure I am working for all Montrealers, and I am there to make sure they feel safe and that they are safe."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-pit-bull-dangerous-dogs-animal-control-bylaw-1.3780335 |title=Montreal passes controversial pit bull ban |orig-date=September 27, 2016 |date=September 28, 2016 |work=[[CBC News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104232101/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-pit-bull-dangerous-dogs-animal-control-bylaw-1.3780335 |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref> The bylaw creates a citywide ban on new pit bull-type dogs from being owned and added restrictions on those currently in the city. The bylaw also places new restrictions on all dogs and cats within the city and its 19 boroughs.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.durhamregion.com/news/montreal-adopts-controversial-pit-bull-ban/article_49fafe5e-7e99-5df4-8f73-c61dae9f7239.html? |title=Montreal adopts controversial pit bull ban |date=September 28, 2016 |work=DurhamRegion.com |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104232505/https://www.durhamregion.com/news/montreal-adopts-controversial-pit-bull-ban/article_49fafe5e-7e99-5df4-8f73-c61dae9f7239.html? |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref> Animal protection groups such as the Montreal SPCA ([[Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals]]) stated that if the new bylaw passed they would take legal action against the city.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-spca-to-take-legal-action-against-new-bylaw-targeting-pit-bulls-1.3782670 |title=Montreal SPCA to take legal action against new bylaw targeting pit bulls |orig-date=September 28, 2016 |date=September 29, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250104232707/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-spca-to-take-legal-action-against-new-bylaw-targeting-pit-bulls-1.3782670 |archive-date=January 4, 2025 |access-date=January 4, 2025}}</ref>

On October 3, 2016, a Quebec judge temporarily suspended the pit bull ban part of the bylaw.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/montreal-spca-challenges-pit-bull-ban-in-court-as-discriminatory/article32216960 |title=Judge temporarily suspends controversial Montreal pit bull ban |date=October 3, 2016 |last=Banerjee |first=Sidhartha |work=[[The Globe and Mail]] |location=Montreal, Quebec, Canada |agency=[[The Canadian Press]] |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250111092452/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/montreal-spca-challenges-pit-bull-ban-in-court-as-discriminatory/article32216960/ |archive-date=January 11, 2025 |access-date=January 11, 2025}}</ref> Two days later the judge decided to extend the suspension on the grounds that the bylaw was too vague and imprecise, claiming that "this court has the impression that certain articles of the bylaw were written in haste."<ref name="CBC Oct52016">{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pit-bull-ban-suspension-decision-1.3791367 |title=Judge extends suspension of Montreal pit bull ban |orig-date=October 5, 2016 |date=October 6, 2016 |last=Bernstein |first=Jaela |work=[[CBC News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250111092604/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/pit-bull-ban-suspension-decision-1.3791367 |archive-date=January 11, 2025 |access-date=January 11, 2025}}</ref> An appeal court overturned the decision and Coderre's pit bull ban was in effect in Montreal from December 1, 2016<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.montrealgazette.com/news/article543403.html |title=Appeal court overturns suspension of Montreal's pit bull bylaw |date=December 2, 2016 |last=Delean |first=Paul |work=[[The Gazette (Montreal)|The Gazette]] |access-date=January 11, 2025}}</ref> to December 20, 2017, when the administration of new mayor [[Valérie Plante]] repealed it in favor of a new animal by-law that didn't target specific breeds.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-to-roll-back-pit-bull-ban-1.4440030 |title=Montreal to lift controversial pit bull ban |orig-date=December 8, 2017 |date=December 9, 2017 |work=[[CBC News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250111093006/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-to-roll-back-pit-bull-ban-1.4440030 |archive-date=January 11, 2025 |access-date=January 11, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-pit-bull-ban-1.4458038 |title=Montreal suspends controversial pit bull ban, new animal control bylaw in works |date=December 20, 2017 |work=[[CBC News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250111093133/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/montreal-pit-bull-ban-1.4458038 |archive-date=January 11, 2025 |access-date=January 11, 2025}}</ref> Opposition to Coderre's pit bull ban was an electoral issue during the [[2017 Montreal municipal election]].<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/round-2-in-the-plante-vs-coderre-debate-rivals-clash-over-dogs-taxes-and-transit-1.4367615 |title=Round 2 in the Plante vs. Coderre debate: Rivals clash over dogs, taxes and transit |orig-date=October 23, 2017 |date=October 24, 2017 |last=Montpetit |first=Jonathan |work=[[CBC News]] |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250111093323/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/round-2-in-the-plante-vs-coderre-debate-rivals-clash-over-dogs-taxes-and-transit-1.4367615 |archive-date=January 11, 2025 |access-date=January 11, 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/montreal/511142/mairie-de-montreal |title=Mairie de Montréal: pitbulls, baseball et affichage bilingue |lang=fr |trans-title=Montreal mayoralty: Pit bulls, baseball, and bilingual signage |date=October 24, 2017 |last=Corriveau |first=Jeanne |work=[[Le Devoir]] |url-access=subscription |access-date=January 11, 2025}}</ref>