The billionaire founder of Cirque du Soleil, Guy Laliberté, is offering $2.3 million of wooded land with an area of more than three football fields to Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville to preserve the natural environments of his city.
“I would like to warmly thank Mr. Guy Laliberté who agreed to cede this magnificent wooded area to the City at no cost to our citizens,” mentioned the mayor of Saint-Bruno, Ludovic Grisé Farand, in a press release published after questions from the Newspaper.
“It is with great pleasure that I offer this land to the City of Saint-Bruno, the city where I grew up and where I still live. I have been going to the park since my childhood and that is why I was quick to accept the City’s proposal when they offered to make this space a protected place that all residents could enjoy,” said Guy. Freedom.
In documents consulted by The newspaper, we can read in black and white that the space must be “used for park purposes only, with the objective of protecting riparian, wetland and forest ecosystems”.
Fiscal advantages ?
Questioned by The newspaperAnne Dongois, vice-president of Lune Rouge, who works with Guy Laliberté, confirmed that the billionaire is eligible like everyone else for a tax receipt for donations.
“Like any donation of property in Quebec, Guy will have to pay tax and capital gains, but he is also eligible to receive a donation receipt. In short, these are the usual procedures that apply,” she said.
-With the collaboration of Philippe Langlois