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A city councillor in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is calling for his borough to do more to accommodate the sport of cricket.

“Over the years, we’ve had demographic change in Côte-des-Neiges and a new population, largely South Asian, is moving in and cricket is a large sport within their communities, a lot of people play it, but there’s no formal partnership between the borough and the various cricket clubs,” said Marvin Rotrand, who represents the Snowdon district in the borough.

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He said he’s been getting an increasing number of cricket-related requests and the office of local Member of Parliament, Anthony Housefather, has also directed a large number of cricket-related requests to the two city councillors who represent districts in Côte-des-Neiges.

On Monday evening, Rotrand introduced a motion at a borough council meeting calling for borough staff to meet with players and develop a plan by the end of the year so that the borough is better able to accommodate cricket players in 2019.