Brossard mayor seeking re-election, opposition party offers different vision

With the municipal election approaching, Brossard voters will choose between incumbent Mayor Doreen Assaad and opposition leader Hanadi Saad, each presenting a different path forward for the city.

Assaad has been mayor since 2017 and is a member of the Brossard Ensemble party. This is her third time running for mayor.

She says she is proud of her track record, most notably, the recent creation of a community centre.

“Within three years, we were able to deliver this project.”

The Multigenerational Centre officially opened in September.

If re-elected, Assaad says she plans to maintain low taxes and advance her 2022 commitment to establish a police station in Brossard.

Once too small to accommodate one, the city is rapidly growing.

“I want the population to give me their confidence so that I can continue in the file. We’re supposed to start construction in [2026], cut the ribbon in [2028],” says Assaad.

Challenging her is Hanadi Saad, leader of Vision Brossard.

“They vote for me for the real change, for the real democracy, for the real transparency,” said Saad.

This is Saad’s second time running for the city’s top job.

Rather than focusing on a new police station, Saad is proposing the immediate creation of a safety unit.

“My priority for us are to have a municipal security brigade day and night present and on our ground on the city,” said Saad.

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She is also emphasizing road infrastructure improvements as part of her platform.

Voters will head to the polls on Nov. 2.