7 Quotes THINGS THEY SAID IN MONTREAL THIS WEEK

Saturday

16 FEBRUARY “He was a sweet, compassionate, realistic, tough, wise man. He treated people like people and not sources of information.” – Gazette managing editor Catherine Wallace, on longtime Gazette police reporter Eddie Collister, who died on Friday.

Sunday

17 FEBRUARY “Unfortunately in Quebec, we’re excluded often from the civil service. Only 0.7 per cent of public civil servants in this province are anglophone.” – Université Laval student Colin Standish, at a protest against Bill 14.

Monday

18 FEBRUARY “For me, he was a family father. I knew what the newspapers said. That didn’t affect me ... For me, he was a good person.”

– Nicolo Milioto, about slain mob boss Nicolo Rizzuto.

Tuesday

19 FEBRUARY “I answered questions from the investigators and they were pleased with the response and they have now left city hall.”

– Mayor Michael Applebaum, outside the St. Jacques St. building where he summoned reporters for a news conference.

Wednesday

20 FEBRUARY “The positive actions of several people over the course of many years is sadly being stained by what’s happening with these investigations. I’m for the investigations, and if there were illegal acts I will be the first to denounce them. But the allegations are against just a few people — it’s always the same names. It’s not all of Union Montreal.”

– Richard Deschamps, Union Montreal leader on the resignation of Montreal North mayor Gilles Déguire.

Thursday

21 FEBRUARY “I guess for a lot of hockey fans ... being able to get a re-tweet it’s almost like the hockey player acknowledging that you even exist.”

– NHL fan Danny Smiles

Friday

22 FEBRUARY “Everyone has talked about the crise in Quebec cinema. There’s no crise. It’s going well.”

– Dominique Dugas, director of Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois