from the Hautes Études Commerciales (HEC) and a Master of Engineering from the École de Technologie Supérieure (ETS).
His Master's thesis was entitled: "A Study on the Use of Activity-Based Management Principles and Parametric Estimation of Investment Budgetsof the City of Montreal."
Today, Fortier proposes procedures that could reduce the influence of organized crime, some as simple as rendering public full organizational flow charts, listing all municipal employees.
Fortier, who rides a bike 12 months a year, presented much more less costly proposals than his two rivals, advocating premiums for municipal employees who ride to work year-round, rendering the metro (subway) system more accessible to cyclists and putting bike racks on transit buses.
His alternative proposal is the "Ligne du Savoir," a relatively modest extension of the under-utilized Blue Line, bringing it under Mt.
In 2001 he considered running as a Parti Québécois candidate in a provincial by-election in the district of Labelle, but eventually abandoned that idea.