Despite the outrage, it turns out laying sod in the wet snow of November is probably just fine. Des employés de la Ville de Montréal ont choisi la première neige pour étaler de la tourbe. #polmtl pic.twitter.com/mhXvUpByvU — Thomas Gerbet (@ThomasGerbet) November 21, 2016"City of Montreal workers used the first snowfall to spread sod," wrote Radio-Canada reporter Thomas Gerbet. Montreal's official opposition respondsStone-faced Projet Montréal spokesman Craig Sauvé demanded the contract workers be penalized if the company was late in laying down the sod. The borough said it intervened in the laying of the sod and also told the business that it would not be paid for its work today.

Source: CBC News November 21, 2016 23:58 UTC