It is not uncommon to see defaced election posters in Montreal, a city known for it's vociferous activists. Pettigrew has made many enemies for his policies in Haiti over the last few years, but many activists in Montreal remember him well for other offences. Pettigew was Minister of International Trade during the Summit of the Americas in Quebec City in 2001, and has lent his support to neoliberal trade agreements such as the FTAA and the WTO