Periodically, the protection of lakes is an issue, and the summer of 2022 was no exception, because water is not only an important resource, but it plays a “vital” role. So much so that on the eve of the election campaign, Mr. François Legault announced that the CAQ would create a “Blue Fund” if it were returned to power. […]
However, as the Minister of the Environment, Mr. Benoit Charette, pointed out during this announcement, this is a complex “problem” because of the variety of public and private stakeholders involved and the diversity of interests in question.
In fact, several bodies of water in Quebec should be protected by regulatory measures aimed, for example, at limiting the speed of motorized boats. Why ? To counter or slow down shoreline erosion, avoid the release of sediment from shallow waters, fight against cyanobacteria (known as “blue-green algae”) and improve the safety of all lake users.
However, the adoption of these measures is not possible without the cooperation of the municipality concerned and the Quebec Ministry of Municipal Affairs and, above all, without the approval of Transport Canada, on which the application of the Marine Act depends. Merchant. […]
Like other files such as immigration, Quebec-Ottawa administrative agreements are possible, agreements which here would delegate to Quebec the powers to regulate the circulation of motor boats on the bodies of water in the province.
We must take advantage of the election campaign so that all the political parties promise to challenge the federal government so that Quebec can benefit from such power.
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