A CBC News story reports that the mayor of Montreal has resigned after being arrested and charged with 14 fraud and corruption-related offences. The report notes that there are no immediate plans for a direct provincial takeover of the battered municipality:
The province and the majority of municipal councillors have said the city should select an interim mayor to serve until the next municipal election in November, rather than placing the city under trusteeship or advancing the date of the municipal election.
The resignation is the latest in a long run of public officials who have been forced from office over the Quebec municipal construction scandal, which recently led to the city of Laval being placed under provincial trusteeship.
