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Projet Montréal will implement the policy "For an egalitarian participation of men and women in the life of Montreal" (Pour une participation égalitaire des femmes et des hommes à la vie de Montréal, 2008). The city of Montreal adopted this policy but not the means of applying it. A Projet Montréal administration will allocate the resources needed to implement it, and will go a step further by taking steps to ensure gender parity among the officials elected to city or borough council or nominated to positions on city committees.

Aim to create living environments where elderly people, single people, and young families have access to housing through a diversity of options (social housing, affordable housing, market-rate rental, individual ownership and housing cooperatives). Create socially and generationally diverse neighbourhoods by ensuring that the supply of housing reflects the income of households.

Adopt a hiring policy for all City of Montreal job positions in accordance with the following goals:

• Achieving parity between women and men, with positive action of 60% in favour of women until parity is reached;
• Achieving representation in proportion to the size of Montreal’s ethnic and cultural communities, with positive action 60% in favour of under-represented communities, until proportional representation is reached.

Adopt continuous education programs and review the criteria for promotion from within the municipal administration, so that persons from under-represented groups have a chance to progress to management positions.