Roussopoulos indicated that his group was intended to become Montreal's first municipal Green party and would make environmental issues its top priority.
Roussopoulos held talks with Democratic Coalition leaders on inter-party co-operation in late 1989, although no agreement was reached at that time.
[5] In October 1990, the parties signed a "non-aggression pact," pledging not to run against one another in most of the city's council wards in the upcoming election.
[8] Some party members also pledged to set up a food bank after the election, expressing surprise at the degree of poverty in the city.
[10] Roussopoulos remained as leader of Ecology Montreal until August 1994, when the party was formally merged with the Democratic Coalition.