Élections municipales | Parti Laval - Équipe Larochelle presents its commitments for lively, better-equipped neighborhoods
Laval, Wednesday, September 24, 2025 - Two weeks after the unveiling of its election platform "Responsible and efficient"Parti Laval - Équipe Larochelle, the first political party to announce an electoral platform, begins a series of thematic announcements aimed at publicizing its plan to "take care of the real business". Claude Larochelle, mayoral candidate and leader of Parti Laval, announced this morning his vision for improving neighborhood services. "Our citizens want accessible services, meeting places, well-maintained parks and spaces where they feel good. Laval must once again become a city on a human scale, close to its people. Local infrastructures and services are part of our DNA. Laval deserves better, and we at Parti Laval are ready to offer Laval residents a credible alternative," says Mr. Larochelle.
Investing in neighborhoods
In unveiling its first detailed commitments, Parti Laval reiterates its commitment to neighborhoods and local services. Indeed, this is the vision that gave birth to the political formation in December 2015, when Michel Trottier founded the party now led by Mr. Larochelle. "What we're proposing is not flashy or pharaonic projects concentrated downtown, but concrete, precise and useful investments to improve people's daily lives without weighing too heavily on the city's budget. We need to equip our neighborhoods with sports and cultural facilities that meet their needs, as well as leisure and meeting spaces for our senior citizens and families. These meeting places will be equipped to meet their needs, with benches, accessible public toilets and local services. What we want are better-serviced neighbourhoods where citizen services will be at the forefront, nothing less," explains the Parti Laval - Équipe Larochelle mayoral candidate.
The Parti Laval, led by Mr. Larochelle, Leader of the Opposition on City Council since 2021, today unveiled several commitments to invest significantly in neighbourhoods and local services:
- Build 8 to 10 multi-purpose, all-season indoor structures for sports, recreational and cultural activities (skating, pickleball, dance, community events, etc.).
- Equip our neighborhoods with basic facilities to meet the real needs of families (neighborhood libraries, indoor pools, arenas and community centers) and deploy a mobile cultural and leisure offering, particularly to reach seniors in their own environment.
- Install 1,000 new public benches and improve access to public toilets in parks, on trails and on streets, to make neighborhoods more friendly and inclusive.
- Create an independent public consultation office, ensuring that Laval residents have their say on the city's major projects and strategic choices.
- Build 34 new dog parks in neighborhoods, to reach a total of two per district.
"Laval deserves better. We need a mayor who knows his files, who isn't there for the cameras and ribbons, but to deliver. It's time to stop wasting money and get down to the real business of being responsible and efficient. At Parti Laval, we're committed to doing just that. Starting now," says Parti Laval leader and mayoral candidate Claude Larochelle.
A city that cares about the well-being of its people
Parti Laval leader and mayoral candidate Larochelle explains that it was important for him and his team, in addition to these major investments in neighborhoods, to have a municipal administration "that takes care of its population, in its neighborhoods, in its services, in its public spaces. A city that protects the health and well-being of its citizens, but also of their pets."
That's why Mr. Larochelle also announced this morning that his administration is committed to supporting organizations fighting exclusion, backing mental health services and strengthening resources for people experiencing homelessness. The party will also vigorously support any project to build a new hospital in Laval and a Maison des Naissances, to improve access to care.
In this same vision, Parti Laval also wants to take better care of pets, an issue that the party's elected representative in Marc-Aurèle-Fortin, Louise Lortie, has been championing for several years, by building a modern animal center in Laval that will enable the real implementation of a capture, sterilization, return and maintenance (CSRM) program to control the stray cat population.
"After 12 years of undivided reign by Mayor Boyer's party, Laval deserves better. On November 2, it deserves a serious, rigorous administration focused on real priorities. A Parti Laval - Équipe Larochelle administration that will take care of its population and finally look after Laval's neighbourhoods and local services," concluded Claude Larochelle.
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