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Weekly. Vol. 0/ No. 1d We are Westmount February 12, 1/03 99-year-old breaks hip, waits Navigating the deep five hours for ambulance
BA L4><77: S@77:7A kept in communication with her through Westmount Public Security and Lifeline,” A 99-year-old Westmount woman who an emergency notification service. fell in her apartment building February 12 She said Urgences Santé prioritizes calls waited more than five hours for an ambu - using the same triage system as hospitals. lance, Public Security officials said. She Starting with 0 and 1 as top priority, she ex - was believed to have fractured her hip. plained, this case was classified as a num - Officers remained with the woman ber 4 out of 10. Fire department first re - while concerned tenants were reported to sponders typically answer only 0 and 1 have made multiple calls to 911. priority calls, she added. Urgences Santé confirmed to the Inde - Public Security director Greg McBain pendent it had received an overflow of pri - said the department responded after re - ority calls that evening and that ambu - ceiving a call at 10:26 pm from an out-of- lances dispatched to the woman’s address town family member concerned about the had been re-directed twice to more urgent delays. The woman was believed to have incidents. fallen about an hour earlier. “This patient was not alone,” said Jo - Officers found the woman just outside The temperature on February 20 went up to plus 5 degrees C. The day had a combination of a little hanne Dufort, its chief of communica - the door to her apartment being cared for wet snow and rainfall. Most of the crosswalks in Victoria village were quickly inundated as people tions. “She was conscious and not in a by other tenants but un - navigated the deep, slushy moats. One pedestrian, well equipped with rain gear, wades through a large dangerous [life-threatening] condition. We able to move because of a continued on p. 13 puddle on Sherbrooke at the corner of Roslyn. Photo: Ralph Thompson Letters p. 6 One Hydro Westmount legal case concludes Social Notes by V. Redgrave p. 14 ‘Final’ award for wrongful Foot pain? dismissal could reach 500K Heel spur? Bunions? BA L4><77: S@77:7A to this is the value of fringe benefits whose amount the commission stated was out - Consult The city is now processing compensa - side its scope of competency. Dr Constant, podiatrist tion for a Hydro Westmount manager This could raise the total compensation found to have been wrongfully dismissed to some $500,000 if the fringes are calcu - 514-439-5112 six years ago, city officials confirmed last lated at 26 percent of lost salary over four week. This follows a third ruling from the years. This figure had been mentioned at CARL RÉMILLARD EARL Quebec Labour Relations Commission. earlier proceedings in the case. FONTAINE VEINISH 514.726.2077 514.772.3322 William Ta, who was reinstated two “It’s concluded a long-standing legal is - years ago, was awarded more than sue,” city director general 1303 Greene Ave, suite 500, Westmount 245 Victoria #525 Profusion Realty inc • Real Estate Agency $432,000 in a ruling November 24. Added Mike Deegan said. continued on p. 3 Westmount
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BA L4><77: S@77:7A ber of the immediate royal family. Also Paris when the city lowered its flags in line To “the best of my knowledge,” he said at named is the city’s director general and with the city of Montreal. At that time, the the time, “Westmount had always followed A longstanding protocol for lowering police or firefighters killed in the line of 1997 policy was not immediately available, a policy – a rule I have followed – of low - Westmount’s flags to half-mast has been duty. The only occasion mentioned is Re - Trent had explained (see story November 4, ering flags for Canadian state officials, roy - amended to include events considered ap - membrance Day, November 11. p. 10). alty, and local and provincial elected offi - propriate by “the mayor,” the Independent It was agreed, the minutes state, “that Councillor Patrick Martin had also urged cials but not for natural disasters and mass learned last week. council will adopt an amended flag policy the lowering of Westmount’s flags based killings outside Canada.” The decision was made by the council at that includes, on an exceptional basis, the on the principle that France being an ally He added that he felt municipal flags its general committee meeting December half-masting of flags for events that the of Canada in the war against ISIS, an at - were “not instruments of foreign policy.” 7 and made public in minutes of the mayor determines to be befitting the ges - tack on that country was an attack on Last week, he said he would be looking closed-door session released February 1 ture.” Canada. at Quebec’s protocol governing provincial The new policy includes the protocol Asked what these might include, Trent In walking around Westmount, however, buildings. He and others had noticed in from 1997 that restricted lowering of flags said last week that, in the absence of guide - Trent subsequently discovered that flags the wake of the Paris attacks that flags had to the death of political officials “linked” to lines, “My feeling is that it has to be some had not been lowered on the federal RCMP been lowered on schools, provincial prop - Westmount at all levels of government. event, some disaster, in Canada.” headquarters buildings and told the Inde - erty. Among them are the prime minister and The updating of the city’s policy arose pendent he had requested a copy of the premier, as well the sovereign and a mem - from the terrorist attacks November 13 in city’s protocol for review.
Court case cont’d. from p. 1 Address tracked down for Spanish-speaking man Ta was reintegrated as service chief for In her ruling November 24, 2015, labour A man who spoke only Spanish was re - dress for which he had only the civic num - network engineering in a reorganization judge Esther Plante based her decision on ported to have flagged down a Public Se - ber 1974. Officers managed to trace his and management change at Hydro West - Ta’s four years of lost salary plus interest as curity patroller for assistance outside the destination to de Maisonneuve through mount that took place prior to his rein - well as his legal fees and the value of fringe Westmount recreation centre February 10. the name of a woman who worked there. statement under a new director, Benoit benefits. An officer who spoke some Spanish was When it was determined the man had no Hurtubise (see story December 3, 2013, p. called to the scene to interpret the man’s money for a taxi to reach the International 6). Dubé case still postponed problem, Public Security officials said. It Institute of Integral Human Sciences, offi - The city, however, continued to contest In an unresolved case also involving Hy - turned out he was searching for an ad - cers drove him to the location near Fort St. the amount of compensation that had been dro Westmount, the city is still awaiting a M awarded to Ta. decision from Superior Court regarding the former director Pierre Dubé, who had A TRADITON OF Issue dates back to 2010 been Ta’s boss. TRUST AND INTEGRITY The legal issue began with Ta’s dismissal Dubé’s five-year renewable contract was in January 2010 allegedly on reasons the not renewed in December 2012 (see story commission ruled were “unfounded or in - April 9, 2013, p. 3). sufficient.” An initial ruling in this case by the Since then, the case has evolved through labour relations commission in January many hearings. These culminated in two 2015 ordered the city to reinstate Dubé initial rulings by the labour commission in based in part on findings he had not re - J O S E P H M A R O V I T C H July 2012 and November 2013 that ended ceived unsatisfactory performance evalua - REAL ESTATE BROKER with Ta’s re-instatement and the city’s ap - tions. REMAX ACTION INC peal to Quebec Superior Court over the The city’s subsequent appeal to Supe - monetary award. rior Court is still ongoing following a post - JOSEPHMAROVITCHREALESTATE.COM In November 2014, the Superior Court ponement in December, Deegan said. The [email protected] sent the matter back to the labour com - city is awaiting a date for it to resume in 514-825-8771 mPission to be heard by a new judge. 2016 , he s aid . Laurention Lakefront 5 bdr $759,000 MLS 28021863 FEATURED PROPERTIES FOR SALE WESTMOUNT MONKLAND VILLAGE OPEN HOUSE SUNDAY 2-4PM WESTMOUNT WESTMOUNT MONKLAND VILLAGE
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If there is no consensus on the underly - There has been a lot of sound and fury investment for a number of years to come. (“Need consensus to solve infrastructure ing causes, then any action taken to correct about infrastructure investment in West - That is not all. The unexpected 2014 sur - issues,” February 16, p. 6). the situation can only be hit or miss. This mount of late. plus allows us to pay off the Westmount He points to a lack of straightforward re - situation does not bode well for West - Westmount city council has been ac - recreation centre’s debt as it comes due. It porting. Odd, as I have been very clear on mount residents. cused of “chronic underfunding” of infra - also permitted the 2016 tax freeze in spite this subject, especially with regard to the From my perspective I see their argu - structure, yet our audited statements show of boosted infrastructure spending and infrastructure deficit versus the huge sur - ment as following: that Public Works did not, in each of the maintenance costs. That said, the Finance pluses that have accumulated through • Annual budgets have not been high last four years, spend the amounts of department’s management was changed poor budgeting and over-taxation. enough to maintain infrastructure. This money in the yearly capital budgets pre - last year, and the 2016 revenue budget has He states that “parliamentary protocols is Mr. Martin’s view and his February 16 pared by themselves and approved pub - been tightened up to eliminate any large customarily result in the resignation of the column appears to provide the numbers licly by council. surpluses in future. responsible executive if acceptable results to back this up. Mayor Trent rejects the As a result, council, last year, decided to Westmounters want their city council to are not achieved.” argument that the budgets were insuffi - take steps to increase the output of Public get on with the job of running the city and Mr. Starr does not realize that under cient, instead claiming that Public Works Works. As well as creating a new position that is precisely what we intend to do. municipal law, city councillors have no ex - just didn’t deliver on what they were sup - of assistant director in charge of infra - Councillors Philip Cutler, ecutive power whatsoever. Their only au - posed to. structure projects and hiring a full-time Rosalind Davis, Victor Drury, thority is to vote at council meetings. And • Public Works is less than competent. project engineer, we have also hired five Nicole Forbes, Cynthia Lulham, if council will not authorise a sufficiently This is Mayor Trent’s view based on the new technicians to ensure quality control Theodora Samiotis, Christina Smith aggressive maintenance and construction apparent chronic inability of Public and for job site supervision. Better quality and Mayor Peter Trent program, there is little that an individual Works to complete projects planned for means our investment lasts much longer. councillor can do, as frustrating as that each year. Mr. Martin rejects this. What also gets lost in all the noise is the Clarifying responsibility may be, other than to report publicly on • Public Works has not been given suffi - fact that council has already adopted a 2016 the issue, which I have done. cient internal resources to complete the infrastructure budget that is 39 percent of commissioners Only the mayor has executive authority projects. Mr. Martin has raised this as a higher than in 2015. In fact, the last time In response to my repeated expressions over the affairs of the city. major factor. The recent increase in Pub - we budgeted as much on roadwork was of dissatisfaction as councillor and com - Patrick Martin, councillor, Ward 1 lic Works staff, particularly supervisory, back in 2010. That was an unusual year in missioner of Public Works with the qual - lends credence to this argument. which reconstructing Greene Ave. caused ity and amount of allowed maintenance Stop the blame game Endless debate, without resolution, is In regards to the constant bashing of not the way to go forward. I propose that Mayor Peter Trent by Councillor Patrick Mayor Trent, Mr. Martin and the other WESTMOUNT Martin and his crew (re: columns and let - councillors together with city staff sit down ters to the editor in the February 2, 9 and and jointly hammer out a credible way to INDEPENDENT 16 issues of the Independent ), do I under - get out of this mess. They should then all stand correctly that Mr. Martin, the engi - sign it and have the Independent publish it. We are Westmount. neer with 40 years experience, has done Denis Biro, Burton Ave. nothing to right the shoddy building of How Can We Help You? roads, the deterioration of the greenhouse, Love is... as well as all other buildings in Westmount I walked out my front door on Stayner and has allowed the department to spend Presstime: Monday at 10:30 am just after 8 am on February 12 to find this Stories and letters less than their allotted money while on his beautiful tire track art. Publisher: David Price Kristin McNeill: 514.223.3578 watch as the councillor in charge of Public What a wonderful way to start the day! Editor: Kristin McNeill [email protected] Works for the past six years? * Yolande Nesseth, Stayner Ave. Chief reporter: Laureen Sweeney Advertising Sales Stop blaming Mayor Trent for your own Arleen Candiotti: 514.223.3567 gross incompetence, Mr. Martin. Letters & Comments: [email protected] We should all be thanking Mayor Trent We welcome your letters but reserve the right not only for everything he has done for Accounting & Classified ads this city but first and foremost, for the fact to choose and edit them. Please limit to 300 Beth Hudson: 514.223.6138 words and submit before Friday 10 am to be offi[email protected] Westmount actually is a city! considered for publication the following week. Abraham Wexler, St. Catherine St. Please check your letter carefully as we may * Editor’s note: Please refer to Councillor be unable to make subsequently submitted We also publish the Free Press Patrick Martin’s letter “Clarifying changes. E-mail any letter or comments to newspaper in Hampstead, Côte St. Luc and NDG. responsibility of commissioners” for his [email protected]. interpretation of the role of Westmount’s councillors. – KM 15,056 copies Action hit or miss if Photo courtesy of Y. Nesseth Audited by no consensus Keep Trent ‘in the process’ Owned and published by: As a resident of Westmount, I find it I was truly shocked to see the comments Sherbrooke-Valois Inc., 310 Victoria Ave., #105, Westmount, QC H3Z 2M9 disconcerting that Mayor Peter Trent and Fax: 514.935.9241 Councillor Patrick Martin remain on op - from Councillor Patrick Martin that were basically continued on p. 10 WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – February 23, 2016 – 7 Temple’s ‘coffeehouse’ draws Connected to More® together local musicians 514-937-8383 Buy & Sell till February 29 2016. Go see #C21ExtraMiles *Certain Conditions Apply Designer Finishes! MakeNew pricean offer $1,500,000 $899,000 Griffintown Condo on the water. One of a kind! Poss. 4 bedrooms & priced well below city evaluation. Westmount cottage Westmount adj. $895,000 $435,000 Shaika Café in NDG hosted Temple Emanu-El-Beth Sholom’s first “coffeehouse” on January 23, a Renovated TH! Central air, parking & garden Super Hospital condo with fenced private garden Saturday night. The evening featured singers, songwriters and other musicians from the Temple congregation. The event was part of the “Next Dor at Temple” program for young adults and aimed to provide an opportunity for up-and-coming musicians in the community to perform at a social event. There were no plans to repeat the event, although Rona Nadler, the Temple’s music director and organizer of the coffeehouse said that “it was a successful evening, and it would be a pleasure to plan mcguiganpepin.com something similar in the future.” Lucy Jee is seen performing in the background. Photo: Matt Faigan 2200 Mansfield Street, Montreal,ontreal, Quebec, Canada Conference & Special Events CentC re 514 844-2000 · 1 866 844-22002200 www.centremontrooyal.com 8 – WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – February 23, 2016 January sales: Recovering but price range still low dresses cannot be made public, but give a four percent, compared to a previous cal - spring, but at least we appear to have Mood of good idea of current trends in local real estate culation of a one-percent mark-down. started the recovery process. the Market activity. The graph offers a picture of these The total number of sales jumped from With the addition of sales to the De - trends over time. 7 to 13, the best December we have had cember list, it turns out that last year had since we were pulling out of the recession the highest volume since 2012, the highest A:6A D;687, CRA While we were preaching gloom and doom to the Westmount real estate market in 2009. percent of sales (76 percent) over $1 mil - last month, some agents were relaxing on For January, then, the market is contin - lion and an improvement on the adjusted the beach in Florida and sending in their uing to recover, though the price range for average price of almost $100,000, even The following article relates to offers to pur - six one- and two-family dwellings is quite though in the last three months much of chase Westmount residential dwellings that December sales information only after we had reported on the down market. The low, between $530,000 and $1,800,000. that had been wiped away; the higher were reported by local real estate agents as And, in fact, the only two that sold for less mark-ups in January offer some encour - having been accepted in January 2016. Be - December list now includes three sales over $2 million and an average mark-up of than $1 million are also the only two that agement, but there is still a distance to cause they are not final registered sales, the ad - sold below valuation; in fact, three homes travel. sold for more than a 25 percent mark-up, bringing the overall average for the month No condo sales on December list to 14 percent above valuation. This is an in - No new condo sales were added to the dication that there are indeed buyers out December list, which also had shown an there ready to pay Westmount prices, average mark-down for the first time since which bodes well for the spring market. early 2014. 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So without enough data for a Québécois came to power and Goldbloom statistic, it looks like 2016 may be off for a lost his hold on the Municipal Affairs de - fast start in the condo market. partment. In adjacent-Westmount, five sales were But the wheels kept turning, and in the posted for December and two more for fall of 1979, the PQ approved the new Loi January, with prices ranging from sur la fiscalité municipal or the Act Re - $620,000 to $3,250,000, the latter for a specting Municipal Taxation, which, mansion on Trafalgar Ave. A co-op flat on among other things, created a median pro - Marlowe Ave. was reported in January. portion to provide a correlation between the valuations and actual market value, as Tribute to Victor Goldbloom well as a provincially-run board of revision It was in early 1976 (I think) that newly- to offer a detached view for those who appointed Municipal Affairs minister (and wanted to contest. Grove Park resident) Victor Goldbloom This law has now stood almost unblem - faced an angry crowd of homeowners at ished for the past 35 years, and I credit Victoria Hall, fielding complaints that val - Goldbloom with having inspired and ini - uations had increased too much, that they tiated it. This is just another of his accom - were too low so people couldn’t contest, plishments that so many have been re - that there was no correlation between the porting in the past several days. Westmount’s Midget A Predators won the championship of the Midget A Green Mountain Avalanche six-team hockey tournament at Jay Peak ski resort in Vermont on January 31. Under head coach Derek valuations and the sale prices, that there Galbraith, the Predators played teams from Vermont, New York and Toronto, which they beat 5-2 in was no correlation between houses on the Car hooks another the final. From left, back row: Oliver Sugden (team manager), head coach Derek Galbraith, James same street. Goldbloom listened carefully A car trying to change lanes hit another Sugden, Ben Harnad, Olaf Schoningh, Jacob Lee-Howes, Marco Caniglia, Charles Richards and to the complaints and returned to Quebec February 10 on de Maisonneuve outside Bronte Viens; middle row: Manu Elie, James Galbraith, Sam Lee-Howes, Paul Westenberg, Zach City determined to do something about it, Dawson College, Public Security officials Rosen and David Elbaz; in front: goalies Andrew Turner and Zack Filion. This was the first time a ordering his department to launch an in - said. There were no injuries. A patroller Westmount team had won the Jay Peak banner. Photo courtesy of Oliver Sugden tense analysis of the way valuations are helped the drivers fill out a joint accident eBstablished and what happens when cit ie s form. T he in cid e nt oc curred at 12:27 pm. 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WESTMOUNT INDEPENDENT – February 23, 2016 – 13 February building permits M What’s permitted The following permits for demolition, 4004 St. Catherine: to install two signs vation were approved at the February 15 case access to the roof terrace and do some exterior construction, alteration and reno - for “Expert Nails Ongles Expert & Spa;” meeting of city council. additional minor exterior alterations; vation were approved at the February 1 652 Lansdowne: to replace the front 11 Renfrew: to replace a window and 540 Côte St. Antoine: to replace three meeting of city council. door; three doors; windows and a door; 451 Mountain: at a Category 1* house, to 796 Lexington: to build a garage at the 102 Sunnyside: to replace storm win - 610 Clarke: to replace a garage door; replace two doors and two windows in the rear; dows and others; 35 Burton: to install an awning; addition to the north of the original build - 444 Prince Albert: to extend the deck at 726 Lansdowne: to replace solarium and 223 Melville: to install a sign for “Le ing and install a security railing around the the side provided the design of the railing basement windows; Melville”; roof terrace; replace a door and three open - is revised to follow the current guidelines 119 Blenheim Place: at a Category I 636 Murray Hill: to replace the two ings presently closed by fixed windows in and that the existing railing on the south house, to replace front handrails; storm windows and door to the front bal - the original structure on condition the de - side of the deck and stairs is also revised to 592 Lansdowne: to landscape and re - cony provided it is made of wood. sign of the patio door to the north is re - harmonize with the new railing on the ex - build a rear terrace; placed by French doors; tension. 4855 de Maisonneuve: to install a fence 32 Edgehill: to redo landscaping at the ************ at the side and rear; front and side, including rebuilding stairs 60 Aberdeen: to demolish the rear upper The following permits for demolition, balcony and modify window and door SANDING and retaining walls and adding green exterior construction, alteration and reno - space in the front yard; openings at the rear and side; 465 Mount Pleasant: at a Category I FLOORS Rotary paints in ‘Nazareth’ house, to reclad a sunroom, install a stair - Hardwood Ambulance cont’d. from p. 1 Floor possible fractured hip. Installation Public safety officers, who are trained in CPR and first aid, tried to keep the Call woman as comfortable as possible, he said. They also continued to monitor her con - Miranda dition until the ambulance arrived at 2:55 am to take her to Hôtel Dieu hospital, he 514 272 0519 explained. Along with PSO Amélie Arel, PSO Sab - rina Tremblay also helped out. Tremblay SPECIALIST IN coordinates the department’s “Security in FOUNDATION Aging” program . McBain said he was told the woman had REPLACEMENT fallen while turning around to say good- Rbq Lic: **.--)'/,-'/ bye to another tenant who had just driven & REPAIR her home around 9:30 pm. While this incident involved a 99-year- GENTILE CONSTRUCTION & RENO The Rotary Club of Westmount completed a five-weekend project on January 23 painting the residents’ old, it was reminiscent of an almost seven- PROJECT MANAGEMENT & bedrooms at Nazareth House in Shaughnessy village. “These are the mandates we love. The rooms hour wait encountered by a 75-year-old GENERAL CONTRACTOR badly needed a new paint job, and we were happy to help,” said Rotary vice president Peter Starr. Pointe Claire woman January 27. In that (' years experience servicing According to its website, Nazareth House is a non-profit shelter for 22 men who “live their lives case, the woman had broken a leg falling struggling with mental health issues, addictions and homelessness.” From left, front row: Ian Moodie, on the sidewalk outside her home. She NDG, Mtl-West & Hampstead Don Mackinnon, Paola Waf, Nazareth resident leader Ron and Nazareth director Sheila Woodhouse; had been taken inside by city employees back row: Starr, Haagen Kierulf, Robin Vincelli and Rotary president John Halas. */).-('.+,') Photo courtesy of Rotary Club of Westmount who remained with her. We all need electricity! Master Electricians Serving Westmount for over 60 years 25 years of experience. 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Head table guests in - cluded the honorary consul general of Aus - For over 50 years, an elegant tradition tria Marc Bissell and his wife Morli ; McGill has attracted young lads wearing white principal and vice chancellor Suzanne ties and black tails, and debonair débu - Fortier and her husband Doug Babington ; tantes wearing Swarovski tiara coronets ball president Elizabeth Wirth and her hus - and identical winter-white gowns created band Lucien Fauteux, and president of the by Westmount designer Astri Prugger . Austrian Society Harold Scheer with his In an era where hoodies and black nail wife Ewa . polish are the norm, this autre époque mo - From Westmount were débutantes ment in time is a magic memory. Held on Latisha Puntgartnik and Evelyne Renzi . November 21 at the Hotel Marriott Joining them were debs Madeleine Bienv - Château Champlain, the Austrian Soci - enue, Delphine Chalifoux-Rochette, Marie- ety’s Viennese Ball of Montreal celebrated Pier Giroux, Arial Gregorio, Madison the 190th birthday of waltz master musi - Llano, Andrea Matei, Shelly Plante, Anas - Eric and Naomi Bissell flanked by their son Marc Bissell and his wife Morli. cian Johann Strauss and was under the tassia Tarassova, Katherine Tzventarny and distinguished patronage and in the pres - Divine Usabase . They were escorted in the ence of the Austrian ambassador to opening waltz by Westmounter Didier Canada, Arno Riedel . Blach-Laflèche along with Sebastian Guest of honour was Julie Payette . Daniel Anger, Benedikt Baratsits-Gruber, The evening’s theme was the “Fleder - Nicolas Brière, Thomas Bugden, Em - maus Ball,” recreated with great flair by 19 manuel Cuisinier, Louis-Alexandre De Gaspé Beaubien, Alexy Iliev-Paradis, Ilan Kudeki, Felix Scheer, Tobias Johan Stribinger and Léo Vaillancourt. Enjoying the strolling musicians playing Viennese tunes were Austrian vice consul Elisabeth Canisius, Adèle Hébert and Michel Desjardins , Westmounters Béa and Gunther Pungartnik, and Naomi and Eric Bissell, honorary national president for life of B’nai Brith Canada; Suzanne Crawford and Paolo Renzi and McGill’s Schulich School of Music dean Sean Ferguson with Débutantes and escorts with their teachers. his wife Sherry . Ball ushers Westmounter Katrina McGaughey along with Fiona Moore helped one and all, as did Carole School of Music of McGill University; Brown and Birgit Erdan. 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