[4] All of the municipalities on the Island of Montreal, including Montréal-Nord, were amalgamated into a single city on January 1, 2002.
In 2004, Infantino argued that amalgamation had benefited Montréal-Nord by ensuring that road repairs would be covered by the city's central budget.
[7] The following year, he supported an extension of Quebec Autoroute 25 to Laval, which he said would improve pedestrian safety in his borough.
[8] Infantino was re-elected in the 2005 municipal election, in which MICU won a second consecutive majority.
He supported a controversial proposal to rename Montreal's Park Avenue after former Quebec premier Robert Bourassa in 2006; on the night of the vote, he was quoted as saying, "I think it's a one-for-one change.