Southwest borough littered with campaign posters from federal election and Quebec byelection

Campaign posters are everywhere you look in the Southwest borough, and some residents are tired of getting bombarded with thebright, glossy signs everywhere they go.

Like the rest of Canada, the neighbourhood has been clutteredwith campaign posters for the past few weeks.

But the Southwest boroughhas the unfortunate luckof being sandwiched between two elections: the Oct.19 federal election and the Nov. 9 provincialbyelection.

That means residents are dealing with double the campaign posters. For some, that means double the frustration.

CBC's Alex Leduc hit the streets to speak with locals on Saturday.

Some people didn't seem to mind the extra decoration, while others had had enough.

"[Campaign posters] are everywhere and they're kind of annoying. They should just find another way to say what they have to say. They're literally every five steps it's just a waste of space," one resident said.

Another Montrealer said the posters ruin the aesthetic of the cityscape:

"I just was looking at the posters and I was wondering when they'll take them out. It's not very sophisticated to have so many. It ruins the setting," she said.

'It's kind of confusing'

Defeated federal Conservative candidate,Steve Shanahan, said he sympathizes with the voters in the federal riding ofVille-MarieLe Sud-Ouestle-des-Surs.

"People hate to see these posters around. Sometimes they're there for two or three weeks after the electionthey start hanging, the graffitiit just becomes clutter," he said.

Sometimes they're there for two or three weeks after the election.It just becomes clutter.- SteveShanahan

For Shanahan's part, he spent the day after the election going around his riding and removing all his posters.

Technically, federal candidates have 15 days followingthe election to remove their posters according to Elections Act.

But Shanahan is encouraging others to take them down as soon as possible.

Marie-EveRancourt,the Qubec Solidaire candidate for for the byelection inSaint-HenriSainte-Anne, said removing federal posters sooner rather than later will help avoid confusion.

"It's kind of confusing to still see federal signs and people have voted already, but there is another election coming so people are a bit confused about all this," she said.