What does the Romaine River look like today?
After their film Look for the current, directors Nicolas Boisclair and Alexis De Gheldere as well as our co-founder Roy Dupuis return to the Romaine River, on the North Shore of Quebec, to take stock of the situation. Nearly 15 years after the filmmakers' visit, four hydroelectric plants have now been erected there to form the Roman complex, completed in 2022.
The Magpie: the equivalent river to protect
The documentary After the Roman sheds light on its neighbor, the Magpie River, as well as on those who are mobilizing to preserve it, grouped under the Muteshakau-Shipu Alliance.
Despite the fact that the report from the Office of Public Hearings on the Environment (BAPE) on the development of the Romaine complex recommended in 2009 to protect environments similar to those of the Romaine, the Magpie is still not hydroelectric dam project shelter.
In the eyes of younger generations
Around ten students from St-Luc high school in Montreal joined Roy, Nicolas and Alexis to experience the Magpie rafting experience. Guided by Noryak Aventures, the young people, most of whom had never ventured far from Montreal, lived a transformative experience... which reminds us that humans are an integral part of a territory whose value cannot be calculated nor in dollars, nor in kilowatt hours.
In a context of energy transition, coupled with a forecast of increasing demand, the energy question is essential and addresses all of Quebec society. After the Romaine is a unique opportunity to deepen our collective reflection on these issues.
