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House Hansard - 188

44th Parl. 1st Sess.
May 1, 2023 11:00AM
Context: House Hansard - 188 - May/1/23
Ms. Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné (Terrebonne, BQ)
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Mr. Speaker, I would like to present petition e‑4296 regarding the repatriation of the Saint-Maurice firing range. The petition, which I have been sponsoring for nearly two months, has already gathered 1,500 signatures in just a few weeks. The petitioners are calling on the federal government, and more specifically the Department of National Defence, to do the following: 1. Transfer the Saint-Maurice firing range to the Government of Quebec and/or the City of Terrebonne; 2. Expedite the assessment process to determine the amount of unexploded ordnance on the land and the time needed for decontamination work; and 3. Ensure that the site is decontaminated at federal expense as soon as possible. The petition also points out that the piece of land measures 650 hectares and is one of the largest lungs of the Montreal Metropolitan Area. This petition is receiving a lot of support, including from the City of Terrebonne, the Town of Bois-des-Filion, the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society, the Chambre de commerce et d'industrie Les Moulins, the Conseil des bassins versants des Mille-Îles, the Société de développement et d'animation de Mascouche, an organization called Génération OUI, and the list goes on. It is therefore high time for the Department of National Defence to make a clear commitment, relinquish the site and start cleaning up the contamination it created, with the ultimate goal of protecting the area from any real estate development.
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