{"id":15182,"date":"2020-08-06T12:10:18","date_gmt":"2020-08-06T16:10:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/?p=15182"},"modified":"2023-11-15T11:59:27","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T16:59:27","slug":"la-fondation-rivieres-appuie-la-volonte-des-citoyens-de-proteger-lile-gagnon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/la-fondation-rivieres-appuie-la-volonte-des-citoyens-de-proteger-lile-gagnon\/","title":{"rendered":"The Fondation Rivi\u00e8res supports the desire of citizens to protect \u00cele Gagnon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>PRESS RELEASE<\/strong><br \/>\nFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Montreal, August 6, 2020<\/strong> \u2013 The Fondation Rivi\u00e8res supports the work of the Laval Regional Environmental Council (CRE) and Laval and national organizations in their objective of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">protect the area of the Mille-\u00celes River targeted by the real estate developer on Gagnon Island in the Sainte-Rose sector<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There were numerous reactions in response to the city of Laval, which made an about-face by making the decision to maintain the \u201curban\u201d designation of \u00cele Gagnon:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <a href=\"http:\/\/credelaval.qc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Laval Regional Environmental Council (CRE)<\/a>, Laval and national organizations are asking the City of Laval to respect the guidelines of the revised development plan (SADR) adopted in August 2017 in response to citizens&#039; desire to preserve the last natural environments of Laval<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.parc-mille-iles.qc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eco-Nature<\/a> asks the city to set up a land reserve on the land targeted by the \u00cele Gagnon project and the development on the shore of Place Sainte-Rose.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archives-histoire-laval.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The History and Genealogy Society of \u00cele J\u00e9sus<\/a> (SHGIJ) expresses serious concerns about the impact that the Place Sainte-Rose project would have on the local heritage of the village.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cieau.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Water Interpretation Center (CIEAU)<\/a> highlights the great richness and fragility of the Mille-\u00celes River and mentions the numerous environmental consequences on the environment, should the projects come to fruition.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Alain Saladzius, president of Fondation Rivi\u00e8res: <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThis development project threatens the natural character and water quality of the Mille-\u00celes River. It&#039;s the only place in Laval where you can rent a boat and sail in a natural environment. There are so few publicly accessible natural wetland and aquatic areas left in the greater metropolitan area. We have a duty to protect them and not cede them to developers who can always set up elsewhere. We have difficulty understanding, in the current context of environmental upheaval, how promoters can still believe today that a similar project is compatible with nature conservation.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">He also expresses his concern about the risks of overflows that the project could generate. \u201c <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pumping stations of Sainte-Rose Nord and Sainte-Rose Sud overflow during rains, including more than 20 times a year. Additional work will therefore have to be carried out so that all the water goes to the treatment system and is treated there at all times. \u00bb<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For these reasons, the Fondation Rivi\u00e8res will be present, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/962597444173328\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Saturday August 8, at the demonstration <\/a><\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Leave our island alone <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">organized by citizens to demand the protection of Gagnon Island in Laval. The entire population and nature lovers are invited to participate in the event aboard a kayak, canoe or paddle board or to come greet boaters from the bike path that borders the river.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When: Saturday August 8 at 10 a.m.<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Where: meeting point on the water behind Sainte-Rose church<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">- 30 -<\/p>\n<p><strong>For informations :<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Genevi\u00e8ve Tardy<br \/>\nCommunications Manager<br \/>\n514 424-3556<br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:communications@fondationrivieres.org\">communications@fondationrivieres.org<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Press release - Fondation Rivi\u00e8res supports the work of the Conseil r\u00e9gional de l'environnement (CRE) de Laval and Laval and national organizations in their objective to protect the Mille-\u00celes River area targeted by the real estate developer on \u00cele Gagnon in the Sainte-Rose sector.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":39813,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,33,63,66,69,77],"class_list":["post-15182","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-communiques","tag-action-citoyenne","tag-culture-et-communautes","tag-manifestation","tag-milieux-humides","tag-mobilisation","tag-politique"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15182","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15182"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15182\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39813"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15182"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15182"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15182"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}