Montreal officials want us to think of bicycles as a real alternative to car use. That’s why they are pledging 10 million dollars to expand bicycle routes in the city. The plan is to add seventy kilometers of bike path across the city and the greater Montreal area. We already have an existing five hundred and thirty.
In international news, the US government has allowed the viewing of Osama bin Laden’s photographs after he was killed. Only members of the US Senate Armed Services Committee, and the Senate Intelligence Committee, as well as those in the equivalent House committees will be allowed to see the photos. The photos will be shown at CIA headquarters in northern Virginia. Time has not been decided yet, according to officials.
It might still be another two years before the Liberal party elects a new leader. After an unprecedented fall to third party status and the withdrawal of party leader Michael Ignatieff, the Liberal’s national board suggested they have bigger priorities.
Ruth Ellen Brosseau found herself in the spotlight again on Tuesday. It was revealed that the NDP incorrectly claimed in a biography that the controversial MP had a college diploma. The false claim was removed from the party’s website and the officials take full responsibility.
Quebec premier Jean Charest wants to speed up development in the north of the province in order to exploit its untapped resources. The premier will release details of his Northern Plan on Monday.
In international news, U.S. President Barack Obama said Osama bin Laden probably had some sort of a support network inside Pakistan. Obama appeared on CBS’ 60 Minutes on Sunday night. He said further investigation will be needed to determine the extent of the support. 
Charges will not be laid in a case concerning a leak about a 1996 incident involving Jack Layton. In the incident, Toronto police officers raided a suspected bawdy house posing as a massage parlour, and found Layton inside. Layton was not arrested nor charged, claiming that he wasn’t aware that it was a bawdy house.
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