Today, Premier Couillard will inaugurate the hydroelectric power station on the historic site of Val Jalbert. The public can now see the result, which is a phantom waterfall, dried up 79 % over time.
Nicolas Andrade, a citizen involved in saving the Ouiatchouan Falls, is facing prosecution for taking part in the public debate surrounding the Val-Jalbert hydroelectric project.
This morning, at our offices, Fondation Rivières held a press conference to highlight the Couillard government's insistence on relaunching a program to build loss-making small hydroelectric power plants at any cost, in a period of energy surpluses and budget cuts, which runs counter to the recommendations contained in the recent consultation report on Quebec's energy future.
Fondation Rivières and the Coalition pour la sauvegarde de la Ouiatchouan react to Philippe Couillard's announcement of his candidacy in the Roberval riding.
Not all the authorizations have been issued to go ahead with the construction of a hydroelectric power station at Val-Jalbert, contrary to what Denis Taillon, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Société de l'énergie communautaire du Lac-Saint-Jean, has stated.
The Fondation Rivières is asking the Minister of Culture and Communications (MCCQ), Maka Kotto, to revise the Cultural Heritage Act in force since October 2012 to prevent certain conflicts of interest involving regional county municipalities (RCMs), as in the case of the hydroelectric power plant project on the heritage site of the Historic Village of Val-Jalbert, from being reproduced in other situations or regions of Quebec.
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