As the prime contractor, Belcor has been paid $5.8 million by the parking authority out of the $6.8 million contract.

"We're trying to work along with the mayor," the paper quoted Frank Turso, the parking authority's chairman, as saying.

"Why should the parking authority subsidize the library?"

Plans to restore the armory are under auspices of the city's parking authority.

Ms. Klaar has had her own run-ins with the parking authorities, she said.

The parking authority owes the general fund money but doesn't have the resources to pay it.

In the last two years, the state has seized control of the city's parking authority and housing authority.

The program is run by the city's parking authority, Stationnement de Montréal.

Recriminations followed, and the woes at the garage played a role in the disbanding of the city's parking authority.

Boraie Development bought the site last year from the city's parking authority.