Highway 40 East to display Ren Lvesque mural [Video]

Painting of a new mural in Montreal honouring René Lévesque is underway.

The former Quebec premier will be immortalized in paint on Highway 40 east in the Villeray-St-Michel-Parc-Extension borough, organized by Montreal charity organization MU and designed and painted by muralist Kevin Ledo.

This mural is not Ledo’s first rodeo in Montreal. He has already designed the city’s murals of Yvonne Maisonneuve and Daisy Peterson Sweeney.

“With my design, my goal is to show René Lévesque’s role as a visionary and leader who defended and promoted a strong Quebec identity,” Ledo said.

Lévesque led the Parti Québécois from 1968 to 1985. He also served as Quebec’s premier from 1976 to 1985. His government adopted Bill 101 in 1977, and he was the driving force behind the 1980 referendum on Quebec independence. He died of a heart attack in 1987.

Despite Montrealers’ varying views of Levesque’s politics, Ledo says he has …