[4] The following year, he went on a business trip to China that was paid for by CP Air, a branch of Canadian Pacific, which has large property holdings in Montreal.
Lorange broke no rules by taking the trip, but critics nonetheless charged that it highlighted the need for a municipal code of ethics.
[6] Lorange was completely loyal to Drapeau, whom he once described as "the father of the party, the enlightened man with great vision and exceptional balance.
[8] Critics often charged that the Civic Party was abusing a loophole in a 1978 provincial law that prohibited anonymous donations of over one hundred dollars, except when the money was collected at "political meetings."
In 1985, he announced that the city of Montreal would drop its previous objection to "mini-downtowns" being set up in suburban communities.