Collenette proposed light-rail extensions to Gatineau, Wakefield and Masson-Angers on existing railways right near most of the proposed Rapibus corridor. Council nominations During his political campaign, Bureau stated his will to evenly distribute roles and responsibilities to council members. The selection process was based on "blind" competence evaluation. Without looking at the political allegation of the elected officials (pro-Bureau or pro-Ducharme), every candidate had an interview in the mayor's office to determine their professional backgrounds, qualifications and interests. For the role of deputy mayor, rumours stated that Joseph De Sylva would be nominated. Finally, Aurèle Desjardins was nominated for one year. The selection process was applied and Mr Desjardins's background in finance and management, both academic and with his experience, proved useful. Compared to the previous distribution, political analysts stated that the new mayor did a very good job by providing responsibilities to every elected council members. The only issue came from the four nominations for the executive committee. The Aylmer sector is absent from the executive committee appointees. Marc Bureau's justification was the lack of political experience from Aylmer's elected officials, despite the fact André Laframboise and Frank Thérien were councillors for several years for the former city of Aylmer under then-mayors Constance Provost and Marc Croteau. He pointed out that Aylmer wasn't at lost, since they were well represented in their key issues such as at the environment commission and the housing commission. However, according to the Aylmer Bulletin newspaper, it was criticized by Aylmer sector councillor Frank Thérien, and he added that if Aylmer had a seat in the executive committee, it would be more open. As for the second most important committee, the city planning consultative committee (comité consultatif d'urbanisme - CCU), the mayor's office named Denise Laferrière as president instead of Simon Racine, who is now vice-president. Laferrière agreed often with Bureau on many issues during the 2001-2005 city council. 2006-07 budget In December 2006, council voted unanimously in favour of the budget which kept current services as well as a slight tax increase at the rate of inflation mostly to cover costs for fire services. While the budget was voted without opposition, councillors Louise Poirier and Jocelyne Houle had criticized the budget citing a lack of vision for the city. Bureau later criticized the comments made the councillors qualifying it as "hypocrite". It then created a division within the council and Aylmer sector councillor