With the Quebec election campaign set to be launched Thursday, Montreal mayor Valérie Plante has announced her list of priorities for the political parties, including funding for public transit and new sources of revenue for the city.
Those were among nine main areas Plante outlined, including her pink metro line project.
The CAQ has already said it wasn't at the top of its list.
"My response is, it is a priority for Montrealers and if you intend to become the (premier) of the province of Quebec, you need to hear Montrealers," said Plante.
Plante said many Montrealers support the project and voted for her because of it.
A recent report suggested that Montreal would lose influence under a CAQ government but Plante said she wanted to focus on her list of priorities for all the parties and that includes respecting Montreal's status as a metropolis.
It gives the city more control over matters such as managing housing, healthcare, the homeless, the integration of immigrants and granting subsidies and tax credits to companies setting up shop in Montreal.
"The status of the metropolis is something very important to us that gives us the autonomy to act properly on different issues that is closely related of being a metropolis and this is why we got those powers in the first hand," said Plante.
Plante said she was open to suggestions for new sources of revenue as well as funding for public transit; among the city's proposals - to get the tax revenue from public buildings in the education and healthcare sectors on its territory as well as a cut of the Quebec sales tax.