With a renewed mandate, what will Liberals do about gentrification and gun violence in Montreal?

When Liberal leader Justin Trudeau walked out of a community centre in Montreal's Parc-Extension after casting his ballot Monday, he was met by a group protesting gentrification in the rapidly changing neighbourhood at the heart of his riding.

Ballots hadn't been counted and already municipal issues were facing Trudeau, who was re-elected with a minority hours later.

The housing crisis in what's known as Park-Ex is an issue at all levels of government and one confronting low-income neighbourhoods across the country — but the protest overlapping municipal and federal affairs was timely in Quebec. 

As the federal election neared its end Friday, municipal election campaigns were launched all over the province. 

Tuesday, Projet Montréal leader and incumbent Valérie Plante reacted to Trudeau's re-election, reiterating demands she made in August, including that the federal government find ways to maintain Montreal's affordability for home buyers and renters.

Plante said she applauds the Liberal platform's pledge to build affordable housing for the middle class, calling it "very important here in Montreal."

But Amy Darwish, a community organizer with the Comité d'Action de Parc-Extension (CAPE) who was one of the protesters in Trudeau's riding Monday, says it's social housing that politicians need to focus on.