Vandal believed that St. Boniface could be developed as a vibrant French Quarter for Winnipeg, and supported tax credits as a means of encouraging this outcome.Leah Hendry, "St. Boniface's makeover requires tax credits: Vandal", Winnipeg Free Press, 14 November 2002, A9; Leah Janzen, "Boosting St. Boniface City working to create 'only international French quarter in world", Winnipeg Free Press, 28 February 2004, B1; Mary Agnes Welch, "RENAISSANCE in Old St. B", Winnipeg Free Press, 7 March 2004, B1. He also supported a plan to increase the area's population, arguing that this would bring about improvements in other fields.Aldo Santin, "Residents split over new plan for St. B", Winnipeg Free Press, 5 May 2003, B1.
