{"id":30951,"date":"2022-03-07T22:20:56","date_gmt":"2022-03-08T03:20:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/?p=30951"},"modified":"2023-03-07T11:19:10","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T16:19:10","slug":"non-a-lutilisation-de-lacs-comme-poubelles-a-dechets-miniers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fondationrivieres.org\/en\/non-a-lutilisation-de-lacs-comme-poubelles-a-dechets-miniers\/","title":{"rendered":"No to the use of lakes as \u201ctrash cans\u201d for mining waste"},"content":{"rendered":"

PRESS RELEASE<\/strong>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Montreal, March 7, 2022<\/strong> \u2013 Environmental organizations denounce an imminent decision by the Quebec government to allow the Champion Iron mining company to destroy eight lakes by dumping mine tailings there, despite theunfavorable opinion from the Bureau d'audiences publics sur l'environnement du Qu\u00e9bec (BAPE)<\/a>. The organizations are calling on Quebec not to move forward with this decision while adopting new regulations that would clearly prohibit this practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00ab\u00a0Cette d\u00e9cision irait totalement \u00e0 l\u2019encontre de l\u2019avis m\u00eame de nombreux experts ind\u00e9pendants qui proposaient des solutions de rechange pour \u00e9viter la destruction de lacs. Il ne faut pas, encore une fois, que Qu\u00e9bec bulldoze la science et l\u2019environnement au profit d\u2019int\u00e9r\u00eats priv\u00e9s\u00a0\u00bb, d\u00e9nonce R\u00e9becca P\u00e9trin d\u2019Eau Secours.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ugo Lapointe de Qu\u00e9bec meilleur mine d\u00e9plore des contradictions flagrantes entre les gestes et les paroles du gouvernement\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Une telle d\u00e9cision discr\u00e9diterait compl\u00e8tement la campagne de relation publique que Qu\u00e9bec et l\u2019industrie d\u00e9ploient depuis des semaines \u00e0 grands coups de millions en publicit\u00e9s pour \u00ab verdir \u00bb l\u2019image de l\u2019industrie\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andr\u00e9 B\u00e9langer de Fondation Rivi\u00e8res : \u00ab\u00a0Comment le gouvernement et l\u2019industrie peuvent-ils d\u2019un c\u00f4t\u00e9 pr\u00e9tendre vouloir fabriquer des \u00e9oliennes et des batteries vertes \u00e0 partir de m\u00e9taux du Qu\u00e9bec, et de l\u2019autre permettre de d\u00e9verser des d\u00e9chets miniers dans nos lacs? \u00c7a n\u2019a aucun sens.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Henri Jacob de l\u2019Action bor\u00e9ale\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Avec une telle d\u00e9cision, la CAQ d\u00e9montrerait encore une fois son m\u00e9pris envers la protection de l\u2019environnement et de la population en tassant du revers de le la main les conclusions du BAPE. Le gouvernement Legault doit cesser d\u2019\u00eatre \u00e0 la solde des \u201cmoney junkies\u201d de l\u2019industrie extractive\u00a0\u00bb.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a report<\/a>\u00a0s\u00e9v\u00e8re publi\u00e9 l\u2019an dernier, le BAPE avait conclu que le promoteur \u00ab\u00a0a fait des choix discutables\u00a0\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0qu\u2019il pourrait \u00eatre techniquement et \u00e9conomiquement faisable de remblayer l\u2019exc\u00e8s de r\u00e9sidus miniers grossiers dans la fosse\u00a0\u00bb en \u00e9vitant de d\u00e9truire des lacs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Steve Emerman<\/a>\u00a0of Malach Consulting and Dr. Michel Aubertin<\/a>, professeur \u00e9m\u00e9rite au D\u00e9partement des g\u00e9nies civil, g\u00e9ologique et des mines \u00e0 la Polytechnique, abondent dans le m\u00eame sens dans des rapports techniques soumis au BAPE : \u00ab\u00a0La minimisation de l\u2019empreinte environnementale\u00a0\u00bb et \u00ab\u00a0la protection des \u00e9cosyst\u00e8mes aquatiques\u00a0\u00bb devraient \u00eatre des objectifs prioritaires.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For a new regulation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Les organismes pressent Qu\u00e9bec d\u2019adopter un nouveau r\u00e8glement qui interdirait clairement la possibilit\u00e9 de d\u00e9verser des d\u00e9chets miniers dans des lacs. Rodrigue Turgeon de MiningWatch Canada pr\u00e9cise\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Bien que Qu\u00e9bec dispose d\u00e9j\u00e0 de pouvoirs lui permettant d\u2019interdire cette pratique, il s\u2019agit d\u2019un pouvoir discr\u00e9tionnaire applicable au cas-par-cas. Nous demandons un r\u00e8glement transversal qui s\u2019appliquerait pour toutes les mines.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Alice-Anne Simard de Nature Qu\u00e9bec conclut\u00a0: \u00ab\u00a0Qu\u00e9bec ne doit pas \u00eatre \u00e0 la remorque du r\u00e8glement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral. Nous sommes totalement d\u2019accord avec la recommandation du BAPE pour que Qu\u00e9bec se dote de son propre guide d\u2019\u00e9valuation des solutions de rechange pour l\u2019entreposage des r\u00e9sidus miniers. Le gouvernement Legault doit transformer sa simple directive environnementale en un r\u00e8glement qui a force de loi. Il faut clairement interdire l\u2019utilisation de lacs, de rivi\u00e8res et d\u2019autres milieux hydriques pour l\u2019entreposage des r\u00e9sidus miniers.\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Rappelons que le promoteur propose actuellement de d\u00e9truire huit lacs et de nombreux milieux humides pour stocker des millions de tonnes de r\u00e9sidus miniers, dont un lac de 88 hectares. Le BAPE constate \u00ab\u00a0qu\u2019aucun autre projet\u00a0\u00bb au Qu\u00e9bec n\u2019a caus\u00e9 la perte d\u2019un lac \u00ab\u00a0de cette ampleur\u00a0\u00bb. Ce serait un pr\u00e9c\u00e9dent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For informations :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • R\u00e9becca P\u00e9trin, Eau Secours, 514-246-9075<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Ugo Lapointe, Coalition Qu\u00e9bec Meilleur Mine, 514-708-0134<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Andr\u00e9 B\u00e9langer, Fondation Rivi\u00e8res, 514-272-2666, ext. 301<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Rodrigue Turgeon, MiningWatch Canada, 819-444-9226<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Alice-Anne Simard, Nature Qu\u00e9bec, 418-803-4992<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    About the Quebec Better Mine Coalition<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    The Qu\u00e9bec Meilleur Mine coalition is a bona fide organization founded in 2008 and has a mission to promote better mining practices and policies on social, environmental and economic levels in Quebec. Today it brings together around thirty organizations which collectively represent more than 300,000 individuals from across Quebec. Current members of the coalition include: Action bor\u00e9ale | Alternatives | Advanced ecology workshop (UQAM) | Artists for Peace | Canadian Association of Physicians for the Environment (ACME) | Hautes-Laurentides Environmental Protection Association (APEHL) | Association for the Protection of Lac au Taureau (APLT) | Quebec Association for the Fight against Atmospheric Pollution (AQLPA) | Centrale des syndicats du Qu\u00e9bec (CSQ) | Center for research in education and training relating to the environment and eco-citizenship (Centr'ERE UQAM) | Coalition of Opponents to a Mining Project in Haute-Matawinie (COPH) | Stop Uranium Coalition of Baie-des-Chaleurs | Malartic Vigilance Committee | CSN Central Council of Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue and Nord-du-Qu\u00e9bec | CSN Central Council of the Laurentides | Emergency Water | Ecojustice | Ecovigilance Baie-des-Chaleurs | Green Environment Plus Baie-des-Chaleurs | Fondation Rivi\u00e8res | Forum of the Institute of Environmental Sciences of UQAM | Justice solidarity group | Friends of the Earth of Quebec | Transnational Extractive Justice (JUST) | MiningWatchCanada | Minganie without uranium | Mauricie Green Movement | Nature Quebec | Health Professionals for Global Survival | Citizen group for the preservation of the greater bay of Sept-\u00celes | Group for nuclear surveillance | Group for the Protection of Small Nation Lakes (RPLPN) | Vigilance group on mines in Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue | Ecumenical Justice and Peace Network (ROJeP) | Quebec Network of Environmental Groups (RQGE) | Sept-\u00celes without uranium | Society for Nature and Parks (SNAP-Qu\u00e9bec) | Society to Overcome Pollution (SVP) | Quebec Public and Parapublic Service Union (SFPQ).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Photo credit: Archives Radio-Canada<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n


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