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Peter F. Trent
Last published Dec. 2025 · On our record since 2014
Where this writer stands
Fiscal policy3 pieces
Higher taxes and public spendingLower taxes and tighter spending
“The left's classic solution of "Tax the Rich" will, as day follows night, result in an exodus of the rich — who can move like quicksilver — with a bevy of corporations following.” Read the piece
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Recent work
- Trent: Trump, Mamdani and the perils of social mediaOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 3, 2025
- Trent: Is this the best Montreal can muster at election time?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 5, 2025
- Trent: How Montreal-area municipalities stack up on payroll expensesOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 30, 2025
- Trent: What does transit-oriented development really mean? Time for a TOD TalkOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Sep 3, 2025
- Trent: Garneau a most extraordinary man, and friendOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 4, 2025
- Trent: Don’t ram through contested bike path projects on your way out as mayorOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 2, 2025
- Trent: Canada needs to outsmart the Americans at their own gameOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 11, 2025
- Trent: A cautionary tale about volatile municipal politicsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 5, 2025
- Opinion: Property-tax bills amount to fiscal follyOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 5, 2025
- Trent: Quebec anglos just don't countOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 31, 2024
- Opinion: Development plan for Westmount’s southeast sector must be rejectedOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 15, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: Business leaders could help manage Montreal, if they don't follow Musk's exampleOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 4, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: Anglos aren't to blame for Montreal's anglicizationOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 6, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: Anglos aren’t to blame for Montreal’s anglicizationOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 6, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: The furry and the feathered are at odds in a Westmount sanctuaryOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 2, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: How the demerger battle was won 20 years agoOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 19, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: On big environment issues, cities nibble at the edgesOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 5, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: There is much wastage in our efforts to reduce wasteOpinion · Montreal Gazette · May 1, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: The winners and losers of runaway house pricesOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 2, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: Denis Coderre would have a unique advantage if he became premierOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 6, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: Snow disposal shouldn’t be this inefficientOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 30, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: Today's architectural fashions must not demolish Montreal's heritageOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 3, 2024
- Peter F. Trent: Dinner tab small potatoes next to city salariesOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 6, 2023
- Peter F. Trent: In a utopian Montreal, how would you pay for services?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Nov 1, 2023
- Peter F. Trent: An ode to newspapers (the printed kind)Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 3, 2023
- Peter F. Trent: Why is Montreal planting a forest of highrises?Opinion · Montreal Gazette · Apr 26, 2023
- Peter F. Trent: High-frequency vs. high-speed Montreal-Toronto trainOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 28, 2023
- Peter F. Trent: City hall is no place for partisan politicsOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Feb 28, 2023
- Peter F. Trent: City employees' cushy pay packets cost taxpayersOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 31, 2023
- Peter F. Trent: Lessons from the Montreal merger-demerger fiascoOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jan 3, 2023
- Peter F. Trent: Trudeau shows he holds little regard for competency by turfing cabinet's brightest light, Marc GarneauOpinion · National Post · Oct 27, 2021
- Opinion: Marc Garneau, the ’anti-politician,’ deserves betterOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 26, 2021
- Opinion: Marc Garneau, the ’anti-politician,’ deserves betterOpinion · Ottawa Citizen · Oct 26, 2021
- Opinion: Marc Garneau, the ’anti-politician,’ deserves betterOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 26, 2021
- Opinion: Footing the bill for Montreal’s overpaid employeesOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 3, 2021
- Opinion: Footing the bill for Montreal’s overpaid employeesOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 3, 2021
- Opinion: Quebec's misplaced loyalty to concrete, a rigid spongeOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Jun 9, 2021
- Opinion: Governance of Montreal's mass transit needs a rethinkOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 29, 2021
- Opinion: Governance of Montreal's mass transit needs a rethinkOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 29, 2021
- Opinion: Project on old Montreal Children’s Hospital site should be scaled downOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 12, 2017
- Opinion: Project on old Montreal Children’s Hospital site should be scaled downOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Mar 12, 2017
- Opinion: Even after Bill 3, municipal employees will be well paidOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Dec 3, 2014
- Opinion: In cutting home mail delivery, Canada Post isn't listening to CanadiansOpinion · Montreal Gazette · Oct 20, 2014