Climate top priority for many Quebec municipalities federal election wish list – Montreal [Video]

With just two weeks left in the federal election campaign, mayors and elected officials across the country are expressing worry that talk of the economy is overshadowing concerns over climate change.

In the Montreal area, memories of back-to-back snowstorms in February that dumped more than 70 cm of snow on the region snow in four days are still fresh. The last time the city got so much snow in such a short time was in the 1890s, according to Environment Canada.

Other extreme weather events, such as floods in Montreal last summer and the fires that burned the city of Jasper, Alta., to the ground, are pushing public and private sector municipal authorities in Canada to speak out.

On Monday, the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM), a regional body that coordinates services for the Greater Montreal Area, outlined its priorities to all the federal parties. The call includes a request …