Thank you for the question.
I completely agree that Ville‑Émard has welcomed a number of waves of immigrants. It is home to community organizations, churches, parishes and the steel industry in Montreal's downtown, an industrial tradition. It is tied to immigration because Italian immigrants, among others, settled there to work in the factories and in the steel industry.
It is therefore very important. It is physically distinct, but it is also distinct from other parts of Montreal in terms of how members of that community see themselves. People are proud to come from Ville-Émard, like Mario Lemieux, who is one of our most well-known residents.