By Iori:wase Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Cody Diabo is hoping some upcoming talks with newly-elected politicians will bring some clarity on one of the community’s long-standing issues. Diabo, the Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, is keen to meet with Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, who was elected as Quebec premier last month, and with Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, who was appointed as the provincial Minister Responsible for Relations with First Nations and Inuit, shortly after the October election. One of the main topics Diabo plans to raise is the state of the aging Mercier Bridge, especially the portion from the Montreal borough of LaSalle to Kahnawake. “I think that’s definitely a conversation that I’ll have with the new Quebec government,” Diabo said in a phone interview on November 10. “And I…
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