text: Sami Bizri, co-owner of the Presse Cafe at the Faubourg Boisbriand power centre is seen Tuesday, November 27, 2018 in Boisbriand, Que..The site of the former General Motors auto plant has been converted to a shopping centre and condominiums. Boisbriand used to be home to a General Motors plant but when the automotive giant closed it in 2002 the town north of Montreal had to reinvent itself.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz