Montreal Tourism

Ideas for increasing Montreal tourism:
http://w5.montreal.com/mtlweblog/2008/11/more-ideas-for-montreal-tourism.html

We have a lot of disused churches, some quite nice, and as churchgoing continues to decline we'll have more. Let's turn some of them into free hostels for travellers. Yes, free. They would be kept clean and offer a bed, breakfast, wi-fi and a little secure storage for three days to anyone with a foreign passport. Nothing too fancy. But it would be a draw, and people who aren't paying for hotels would spend money on other things.

(Interesting idea, but who would pay for running them?)

How to replace the Grand Prix? Here's some ideas: (referenced in above post)
http://www.canada.com/components/print.aspx?id=445bbf1c-5e8e-4044-8038-1366d053dfc7