“Montreal was the forerunner in so many things. In building technologies, in canal building, in bridges. What’s really cool is that if we dig a little bit about our history it might influence us and inspire us to be as great as we were a long time ago.”

“We are all people who care very passionate about ourselves, about what we wanna do, and we have very strong values. We are so ridiculously spoiled in the fact that our difference is exactly what makes us so special compared to other cities around the world.”

“The fact is that for whatever reason the magic of Montreal brings all those people together in a way that is respectful. In a way that we value each other.”

Let me start by saying that I am an immigrant. So I came to Montreal when I was five. My dad came here a year earlier to check it out. And he fell in love with it and he ended up bringing his whole family here. We didn’t speak English. We certainly didn’t speak French. And we were so welcomed. And from day one, I think, all of us fell in love with the city to the point that we’re lifers. But I could tell you that my love for Montreal has grown deeper the older I get and the more experiences that I have and the more people that I see, and in fact, how much I travel around the world. When I go and see other cities, I might love some of their architecture. I might love some of their people, some of their food. But when I come back to Montreal, when I fly in or I drive over the bridge, or even when I navigate all the construction, the fact is, I have never felt more at home in this city than anywhere on the planet.