In June 1999, after he was shuffled out of ministerial responsibility for Montreal, Perreault accused Mayor Pierre Bourque of governing the city in an undemocratic fashion.Linda Gyulai, "Quebec minister attacks Bourque: In a rare intrusion onto municipal turf, Robert Perreault bemoans what he sees as a lack of democracy in the city of Montreal," Montreal Gazette, 8 June 1999, A1. See also "Butt out, Bourque says," Montreal Gazette, 9 June 1999, A4.
