Phase three of the Promenade Samuel-de-Champlain was inaugurated this week. It is clear that everything is very pretty, will be used mainly by people from Sillery and will make very beautiful photos for passing tourists.
Don’t get me wrong, I have nothing against that, but one question remains: is beauty reserved for a privileged few? And since to govern is to choose, we can clearly see with which citizens beauty is teaming up!
People from the Maizerets district and Beauport still do not have access to the river. They were entitled to investments in an incinerator and a biomethanization center while elsewhere, a water mirror was built and trees were planted.
Regarding trees, there is a severe lack of them in the central districts. With their canopy index two to three times lower, it is easy to guess where more should be planted and which citizens suffer the most from the heat.
It is therefore urgent that we democratize beauty and access to nature. I therefore propose that the municipal and provincial governments ensure that the millions invested are distributed equitably on the territory and that they serve to connect the various municipal parks to each other by facilitating active transportation and greening everything.
Imagine shared streets on which projecting trees would be added. A planned, rewoven living environment in which it would be good to live. Nature, beauty for all! A stone’s throw from your home.
To see in video