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Agape measuring English seniors’ access to health and social services

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Agape measuring English seniors’ access to health and social services
Agape measuring English seniors’ access to health and social services
Senior citizens from Laval took part in a consultation sponsored by Agape on March 1 on the availability of health and social services in Laval in English.
Martin C. Barry

Senior citizens from Chomedey and other areas of Laval were invited on March 1st to take part in a public consultation, hosted by Agape at the Centre Saint-Joseph community centre in Chomedey, on the state of access to health and social services in Laval in English.

The main purpose of the consultation, according to Agape, was to learn about the experiences of the English-speaking community in the Laval region in terms of their ability to obtain health and social services in their own language.

Future action plans

Knowledge garnered from the consultation, which was led by research consultant Joanne Pocock who has previously worked on statistic-gathering projects with Agape, will be used to identify issues and inform Agape’s future action plans. Pocock told the Laval News she expected to complete her report by the end of March.

Although the participants’ comments were recorded and noted, they will remain anonymous and no names will be associated to them. Agape wanted to hear many different viewpoints and individual stories by English-speaking seniors from the region. Agape may follow up some of the comments in the future with a phone call or e-mail to some of the participants.

Access in English

“We know that across Quebec, no doubt, all the citizens of Quebec are experiencing difficulties – good things as well – in their access to health and social services,” said Pocock. “But I would ask you to think about what is particular about the experience of the English-speaking senior – English being the language that you’re most comfortable in, in your communication. And certainly we all know, when we’re ill, we like to revert to our language that we’re most comfortable in.”

A sampling of some of the comments. “When my doctor retired, the CLSC gave me a doctor who’s French,” said one woman. “He does speak English, but it’s limited and I won’t say he’s competent. But the problem I have is that when he sends me for a test and the results come back in French, he can’t translate them into English.”

Not available in English

Agape measuring English seniors’ access to health and social services
Those who took part in the consultation had anecdotes relating their experiences accessing health and social services in Laval in English.

The woman recounted how she had an x-ray and the doctor in question was unable to express the result in English to her. She said she had also recently had an MRI scan and the medical professional in that case also could not explain to her the result in English. Another woman related her problem involving doctors and staff at medical clinics in Laval who leave messages on her phone answering machine about test results in rapidly-spoken French.

“When I go to the CLSC, the receptionist will not speak English,” said a man who took part in the consultation. “It’s all in French for blood tests.” However, he shared the address and phone number of a medical clinic in Sainte-Dorothée where he said the staff will serve patients in English.

Positive/negative feedback

Although it was noted during the presentation that the central number for Quebec’s RAMQ health insurance system answers inquiries only in French (Agape executive-director Kevin McLeod called the number and played the audio over his cell phone for all to hear), some of those attending the consultation had positive things to say about other health care organizations.

“I think the 8-1-1 that you call is marvellous – I can’t say enough good about them,” said one woman, praising the province’s phone call-in system which provides immediate assistance for non-urgent health problems. “They speak in English. They give you more information than any doctor would. And they tell you whether or not it’s serious, if you should see a doctor or what you should do. They are so comforting.”

Praise for Cité de la Santé

And while Laval’s Cité de la Santé was the target for some derisive comments about poor service in English, one woman said, “I have nothing but praise for Cité de la Santé in English. My husband does not speak French and he had to be hospitalized – emergency, intensive care – and he’s been followed for the past two years. And all the specialists speak perfect English.”

When Pocock requested a show of hands to determine the number of people in the room who seek medical help outside Laval in order to be served in English, a majority responded. Two participants praised the Seniors’ Wellness Centre operated by Agape for being the leading resource of health and wellness information in Laval for English-speaking senior citizens.

Laval used up all of its salt and abrasives

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Laval used up all of its salt and abrasives
Laval used up all of its salt and abrasives

(TLN) Laval mayor Marc Demers’ office has issued a statement saying that the mayor and the municipal administration are actively at work assigning crews to take all measures necessary to remove ice from all the City of Laval’s streets and sidewalks.

Up to Feb. 28, the de-icing operations had necessitated the use of all the city’s reserves of salt and abrasives which had been stocked for a normal winter season, according to the city.

Salt stocks depleted

The depletion of the stocks made it necessary to purchase additional salt and abrasives recently. The city says public works crews will be using as much salt and abrasives as necessary to ensure the safety of Laval residents for the remainder of this winter.

The City of Laval has already gone through its entire season’s worth of supply — 44,400 metric tonnes (MT) of salt. While Laval still has a relatively small emergency supply in stock, it won’t be enough to last the winter. An extra shipment of 4,500 MT is currently on its way from Morocco and expected to arrive on March 4.

“The City of Laval paid 34 per cent more for salt this year because of a strike at a salt mine in Ontario last summer,” said Laval city spokesperson Louis-Philippe Dorais. “This reduced the supply on the North American market, forcing us to find international suppliers.”

The low salt supply, combined with this season’s abnormally icy conditions, is wreaking havoc on roads and sidewalks and breaking municipal budgets.

Given the announcement of an expected thaw, city crews are hard at work this week on residential streets in all areas of Laval. In cases where they find it impossible to use machinery as is the normal practice, abrasives are being spread manually by the blue collar workers. A snow removal operation took place last weekend, followed by additional de-icing early this past week.

A hard winter

The city says it sincerely regrets the inconveniences Laval residents have had to endure during this exceptionally difficult winter, while pointing out that many other municipalities across Quebec were also affected.

According to the city, a group of municipalities from across the province is contemplating the situation and discussing corrective measures as wintertime weather grows more unpredictable with global warming and climate change.

Conservatives hopeful about prospects in Laval and North Shore regions

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Conservatives hopeful about prospects in Laval and North Shore regions
Conservatives hopeful about prospects in Laval and North Shore regions
Martin C. Barry

The Conservative Party of Canada hopes to score breakthroughs in Laval and Lower Laurentian ridings, says Gérard Deltell, the CPC’s pointman for Quebec.

Tories courting Quebec

In an interview last week with Newsfirst Multimedia, Deltell, who represents the riding of Louis-Saint-Laurent near Quebec City, and who was accompanied by CPC candidates François Desrochers from Mirabel and Maikel Mikhael from Rivière-des-Mille-Îles, outlined some of the Conservative Party’s campaign strategy.

In a press release issued by the Conservative Party, Deltell calls CPC leader Andrew Scheer “a Francophile and strong believer in the values of Quebec. We’ve felt an incredible momentum of renewal within the party, particularly as it relates to new candidates and new member from all regions of Quebec.”

Trudeau singled out

Based on the CPC’s press statement as well as the interview with Newsfirst Multimedia, it would seem a significant part of the Conservative election plan will depend heavily on disparaging Justin Trudeau. “Quebeckers are fed up with Justin Trudeau, and his lack of understanding towards the bills average people have to pay,” Deltell said in the statement.

“Many Quebec families are worried about making ends meet at the end of the month, and the Liberal government isn’t helping them get by let alone get ahead. Justin Trudeau has ignored the massive deficits he’s been building, and higher deficits now, are even higher taxes later.”

Aiming at trade agreement

While the Liberal government’s dramatic struggle to hastily renegotiate a free trade agreement with the Trump administration in the U.S. dominated news headlines for much of last year, the Conservatives are blaming the Liberals for concessions made to the U.S. at the expense of Canadian farmers.

“Farmers were among the first to pay for Trudeau’s poor performance on the international stage, and he flatly sacrificed it in the NAFTA negotiations,” said Desrochers, a former ADQ MNA for Mirabel. “This government’s first priorities have been to legalize cannabis, to buy a pipeline, and to build up more than 72 billion dollars in deficits, for which we see absolutely no concrete results,” added Mikhael.

Trying to rebuild support

“We are the only party to recognize the Quebec nation, to give more power to the Quebec government to better manage its immigration and to negotiate the single tax levied in Quebec as desired by the Legault government,” Mikhael noted. “That’s how we defend the interests of Quebec.”

Although the Progressive Conservatives managed to win and hold onto several ridings in Laval and on the North Shore for a time during the 1980s and early 1990s, the party has had little success since then, consistently being beaten at the polls by voter support for the Bloc Québécois, the NDP and the Liberals.

Deltell was asked by Newsfirst Multimedia about the factors he believes might favour the CPC scoring a breakthrough in October on the North Shore and in Laval. In his response, he returned to the theme of questioning Justin Trudeau’s leadership.

Income tax election pledge

Conservatives hopeful about prospects in Laval and North Shore regions
Gérard Deltell, the CPC’s pointman for Quebec with Newsfirst Multimedia journalist Martin C. Barry answering important topics on Canadian politics.

“If you talk about the 90s, this is a brand new game – to talk 35 years later about where we are today,” he said. “The question the people will have to address, the valid question, will be do you want to continue with Justin Trudeau. Because if you don’t want to continue with Justin Trudeau, the Conservatives are there to have a serious government.”

Deltell said an important election pledge the Conservative Party is making to Quebec voters before the Oct. 1 election date is to revise federal income tax laws and regulations in order to facilitate the creation of a new tax system that would see Quebecers filing only one tax return in the future, instead of two as is now the case.

Doing away with dual tax

“As you know Quebecers are the only people in Canada who must produce two income tax reports,” he said. “This is totally unacceptable. We are the only party that has stated the fact that it will be done. And we are the only party that can do that. Of course, we have other issues to address.

“When we see all the mess created by Justin Trudeau himself, with his implication in the situation like we have with the former attorney-general who was demoted because she suffered much pressure, people don’t like that. The only way to do anything about this government is to vote for Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives.”

Quebec on board, he says

Although it was Quebec originally which had sought and obtained the unique right as a Canadian province to levy and collect personal income tax apart from the federal income tax system, the Conservatives, according to Deltell, are certain that the current Quebec government will agree to a single income tax system.

He noted that just a few days after the Conservative Party’s announcement of its support for the measure in May last year, the Quebec National Assembly unanimously passed a motion endorsing the position. “So the provincial level parties are following our initiative, not the reverse,” said Deltell. “[Premier] Legault clearly said he wanted that. Even the Liberals said that. And so we will move forward with that.”

Will conservatives be split?

In 2016, less than a year after he was first elected to the House of Commons, Deltell speculated in a Globe and Mail profile article while gazing forward to the 2019 election: “The worst thing that could happen in the coming process is for us to have a Reform candidate and an Alliance candidate and a Progressive Conservative candidate.”

Since then, former Conservative cabinet minister Maxime Bernier split from the Tories to start his People’s Party of Canada, which leans even further to the right than the CPC. Deltell was asked what he thought of the Conservative Party’s chances now, given this new development.

“What we have seen since he decided to go it alone is that he is still alone,” said Deltell, referring to Bernier. “I mean, no members of Parliament have decided to follow him, and no high or ranking party people have decided to follow him. This is the reality. And at the end of the day people will decide.”

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen defends Liberal government’s record

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Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen defends Liberal government’s record
Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen defends Liberal government’s record
Martin C. Barry

With predictions being made that immigration will rank high among the issues in the upcoming federal election, Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen says he is prepared to defend the Liberal government’s policies, while setting the record straight with regard to “misinformation” he says has been spread by the Conservatives.

A hot topic

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned recently that Canadians should be wary of fear-mongering about immigration, suggesting the issue will be a hot-button topic before the federal election in the fall.

The Conservative Party, currently in second place in Canadian voters’ intentions, has adopted a moderate stance on the issues – criticizing aspects of Liberal policies for the most part, with some more extreme points of disapproval in some cases.

However, recent poll numbers also suggest that there is at least some support out there for more radical views being expressed by Maxime Bernier’s People’s Party, such as reducing immigration numbers and emphasizing Canadian values.

Tory allegations

In an otherwise routine interview recently in Montreal with Newsfirst Multimedia, Minister Hussen lit up with emotion as he reacted to allegations made by the Tories regarding Liberal Immigration Ministry policies. “The Conservatives have not been forthright about certain things,” he said.

Recalling the United Nations’ Global Compact for Migration, a non-binding international agreement enacted by the UN in December last year, Hussen defended Canada’s decision to endorse the treaty, while denouncing the Conservatives’ response to the Liberals’ course of action.

“Canada agreed to it because it’s a non-binding treaty – it’s a framework,” said Hussen. “It allows countries to work together on immigration issues to deal with the challenges of irregular migration, but also to harness the good things about regular migration.

Defends Liberals

“One of the things in that agreement says that it allows countries to come together to work more closely to facilitate and make it easier to recognize each other’s credentials. That’s a good thing, right? You know what the Conservatives did? They came out and they lied about the agreement.”

Hussen maintains that Conservative leader Andrew Scheer held a press conference in Ottawa “where he said that the UN Global Compact on Migration will result in Canada giving up sovereignty and control of our own immigration system to the UN.”

According to a Canadian Press report of that media event held last December in the nation’s capital, Scheer did, in fact, come out strongly opposing the UN Global Compact, saying at the time, “Canadians and Canadians alone should make decisions on who comes into our country and under what circumstances.”

‘Misinformation,’ says Hussen

Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen defends Liberal government’s record
Federal Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Minister Ahmed Hussen says Ottawa has concerns about the Quebec government’s Bill 9 which will address immigration into Quebec.

Hussen responded in our interview, “Even though the agreement clearly says this agreement is non-binding, this agreement does not take away control over a country’s immigration system, even though it’s clearly stated they went out and spread misinformation.

“So the Conservatives have repeatedly misinformed Canadians about the Global Compact – about all these different issues,” said Hussen. “That’s the challenge we’re having. It’s one thing to debate policy.

“But if someone is completely making up facts about the Global Compact – which I believe is in Canada’s interest – how do you deal with that? It’s somebody basically spreading fear, about something that doesn’t exist, to the Canadian population. We believe that’s not the responsible thing to do and it’s not what leadership is about.”

CAQ’s Bill 9

In Quebec, the CAQ government led by Premier François Legault is preparing to table Bill 9, a sweeping piece of legislation that will include a clause allowing provincial immigration authorities to throw out 18,000 immigration applications that are backlogged. The federal government has a stake in the matter, in that ultimately only Ottawa holds the power to declare immigrants permanent residents (rather than Quebec).

“Bill 9 needs more study,” said Hussen, adding that he couldn’t comment in detail as his department is actively working on the file.

However, he acknowledged that dealing with the matter will involve revisiting some key agreements and pieces of legislation, such as the Canada–Québec Accord relating to Immigration and Temporary Admission of Aliens as well as the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act.

Has good rapport

While insisting that current day-to-day relations on immigration between Quebec and Ottawa are “really good, I have no complaints about that, and we’re very thankful to Quebec – they’re a very close partner – we don’t have any friction,” Hussen continued, “Bill 9 is a concern. But we need to study exactly how it’s going to apply to the various categories of immigrants and how it’s going to unfold.

“That’s still not clear – even in Quebec. Those conversations are ongoing. So we will need to do our analysis in Ottawa obviously by talking to the government of Quebec, as well, and then determining where we stand.”

But Hussen admitted this much: “Our position on conditional permanent residency is that we don’t like conditional permanent residency. We removed conditional permanent residency that the Harper government imposed on women.”

LPD Blue – March 6th, 2019

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LPD Blue – March 6th, 2019

Police Seek Assault Suspect

March 1 – Police are asking for the public’s help to identify a suspect wanted for assaulting and robbing two young men on October 13, 2018 on des Érables St. in Laval-sur-le-Lac.

The suspect is described as a male about 20 years old with a medium complexion. He stands about 5’6” (1.68 m) to 5’8” (1.73 m) tall with a small build. At the time of the incident he was wearing a black jacket and camo pants.

Accompanied by two accomplices, the suspect allegedly assaulted the two victims on the pretext of revenge. After assaulting both victims, the suspect stole personal items and fled. Later that night, one of the victims’ stolen credit cards was used.

Anyone with information about the suspect’s identity or location is asked to call 450-662-4636 or 911 and mention file LVL 181206 097.

LPD Blue - March 6th, 2019

Police Seek Fraud Suspects

Feb 28 – Police are turning to the public for help in identifying two suspects who tried to buy two luxury cars using stolen personal information. The pair allegedly tried to buy a Lexus and a Mercedes-Benz, each valued at more than $35,000.

According to police, the two suspects, a man and a woman, visited a car dealership in Ste-Rose three times between July 31 and August 3, 2018.

The male suspect is 25 to 30 years old, about six feet tall with a thin build.

The woman is about 35 years old and stands about 5-foot-5-inches tall. She has long brown hair, wears glasses, and has a piercing in her lower lip.

Anyone with any information is urged to call 450-662-4636 or 911 and mention file LVL 180801 018.

LPD Blue - March 6th, 2019

Police Seek Double-Robbery Thief

Feb 26 – Police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a man suspected of two acts of burglary in one night.

The incidents occurred on November 15 in Ste-Rose. At about 8 p.m. a man in his 40s stole four cans of beer from a Couche-Tard located on Boul. Ste-Rose. The suspect then made his way to the neighbouring Cheesecake Bar restaurant where he allegedly grabbed the tip jar, threatened a waitress and made off with the contents of the cash register. He fled on foot.

Police say the suspect is a man in his 40s who is about 5’9” tall.

At the time of the robberies, the suspect was wearing a beige coat, black pants, black boots and a black shirt with an Expos logo.

Anyone with any information about the identity or location of the suspect is urged to call 450-662-4636 or 911 and mention file LVL 181115 078.

LPD Blue - March 6th, 2019

Arson Suspect Arrested

Feb 26 – Police arrested a man in his 20s after a fire broke out at a house on des Cigognes St. in Ste-Rose. The suspect was taken to hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening wounds.

According to police, the fire started at 3:52 p.m. in a bedroom on the second floor of the house. No one was in the house when twenty firefighters arrived at the scene.

The blaze was extinguished by 4:16 p.m. and caused no less than $80,000 worth of damages to the house and its contents.

Laval News Volume 27-05

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Laval News Volume 27-05

The current issue of the Laval News volume 27-05 published March 6, 2019, (Laval’s English Newspaper) covers local events such as politics, sports and human-interest stories. It features editorials and other columns. Click on the image to read the paper.

Front page of The Laval News Volume 27, Number 05
Front page of Laval News, Vol. 27-05 March 6, 2019.

Quebec to open office for Laval, North Shore traffic measures

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Quebec to open office for Laval, North Shore traffic measures

(Newsfirst) An association of mayors from Laval and the Lower Laurentians reacted positively last week to news the CAQ Transport Minister Chantal Rouleau has decided to open a project office to oversee the creation of measures to deal with growing traffic problems on highways and autoroutes leading from Montreal to Laval and the North Shore.

A strategic move

“This project office is of strategic importance for more than a million citizens who must get around on the territory,” Laval mayor Marc Demers said in response to the announcement. “It will allow us now to deal in a very real way with problems of congestion.”

In their announcement, the mayors said the welcome eagerly an investment by the government of Quebec and the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec to finance other measures that will come into effect beginning in 2020.

Gov’t paying the costs

“We are pleased that the government has taken into its charge the costs related to the various mitigation measures,” said Terrebonne mayor Marc-André Plante. “It was important for us to spare our citizens additional expenses which would have been added to inconveniences they already will be facing during the work on the REM.”

All the same, a lot of work remains to be done, added Deux-Montagnes mayor Denis Martin, who is also the prefect for the Deux-Montagnes MRC. “The consequences of the work are already being felt,” he said.

Impact on travel times

“It thus remains all-important that the government continues to work in narrow collaboration with the municipalities in order to arrive at a strategy that is quick and efficient in its measures,” added Mayor Martin. “These should not slow down in a significant way travel times for users of public transit.”

Beginning in January 2020, commuter trains on the Deux-Montagnes line will be going no further than the Bois-Franc station in Montreal. Then in 2021, the entire length of the Deux-Montagnes line will be out of service. As for the Mascouche line, trains will go no further than the Ahuntsic station beginning in January next year.

Schedule changes on exo 6 Deux-Montagnes train line

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Schedule changes on exo 6 Deux-Montagnes train line
Schedule changes on exo6 Deux-Montagnes train line

(TLN) The Société de Transport de Laval has announced that beginning on Sat. March 23, schedules for certain buses will change to take into account new scheduling on the Deux-Montagnes commuter rail line which comes into effect on March 25.

“This adjustment in the service will allow the STL to ensure a greater fluidity, better transfers and fewer inconveniences for the clientele,” says Laval city councillor for Saint-François Eric Morasse, who is president of the board of the STL.

Bus schedule changes

The following bus lines will see their schedules modified during the week only: 26, 33, 55, 56, 65, 70, 76, 144, 151, 402, 404, 902, 903 and 942. The lines most affected by the changes will be the 26, 55, 76, 144, 151, 402, 404, 902 and 903.

Their departure times will vary by a few minutes from the usual schedule. As well, more trips have been added to lines 26, 33, 76, 144, 151, 902 and 942 to assure better coordination with commuter trains and Metro stations in Laval.

Comprehensive information on STL bus schedules can be obtained at www.stl.laval.qc.ca. Information on the commuter train schedules is also available at https://exo.quebec/fr.

Laval awards $346,000 in subsidies for children’s causes

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Laval awards $346,000 in subsidies for children’s causes
Laval awards $346,000 in subsidies for children’s causes

(TLN) Through its Place-du-Souvenir special children’s fund, the City of Laval recently awarded $172,900 in subsidies to the Centre de bénévolat et moisson Laval, the Société de Saint-Vincent de Paul and the Centre communautaire Hochelaga.

As well, the city continues to support projects for the well-being of children already started by the Centre de bénévolat at moisson Laval to furnish food basics to families with children up to four years of age. A total of $174,400 was given by the city to this and another organization for the years 2019-2020.

For the children

“By putting this fund into place, it was our hope to make an impact on the lives of children and families who are vulnerable in order to fight against poverty and social exclusion,” said Mayor Marc Demers.

“We also wanted to encourage perseverance in school and educational success while facilitating the social integration of young immigrants. This agreement with three organizations active in Laval shows the willingness of an entire community to work closely together to assure back-to-schools are successful and stimulating.”

Gift cards for supplies

The agreement between the city and the Centre de bénévolat et moisson Laval, the Société de Saint-Vincent de Paul and the Centre communautaire Hochelaga will be providing youngsters from Laval with gift cards that will allow them to buy school supplies, a lunch box and a back pack in order to get the school year off right.

To these will be added winter outerwear including accessories, through schools located in Laval. It is estimated that nearly 6,800 children in Laval will benefit from these measures.

Following two successful pilot projects by the Centre de bénévolat et moisson Laval which distributed kits for newborn babies and snacks for two to four-year-olds, the Place du Souvenir Fund’s consultative committee renewed its financial support as part of a partnership agreement.

Thousands of kits

As a result, 2,600 kits will be distributed, with 1,300 of them containing specialized products for newborns (such as diapers, diaper rash creams, shampoos and milk products), while two to four-year-olds will receive 1,300 nutritious snacks consisting primarily of fruits, vegetables and grain-based products.

The Place-du-Souvenir Fund was created in June 2018 by the City of Laval’s executive-committee to oversee disbursement to selected children’s charities and causes of sums of money which were claimed back by the City of Laval following investigations of long-term public corruption. The fund has agreements with partner organizations until the end of this year.

Tourisme Laval welcomes Quebec tourism minister

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Tourisme Laval welcomes Quebec tourism minister
Tourisme Laval welcomes Quebec tourism minister

(TLN) As part of a major consultation undertaken by the Quebec Tourism Ministry to determine a new economic development strategy for tourism from 2020-2025, around 70 key people from the Laval region’s tourism sector gathered at the Laval Sheraton on Feb. 25 to take part in presentations and workshops.

Six guiding themes

During the event, the participants shed light on some of the issues, shared their concerns, suggested solutions and discussed matters based on six guiding themes: human resources, entrepreneurship, innovation, investments, access to tourism facilities (promotion, transportation, etc.) and strategic knowledge.

Among the main issues raised: availability of financing for the development of innovative projects; retention of workers and valorization of career in tourism; optimization of transport in order to encourage access to destinations and tourist attractions; accompaniment of entrepreneurs in their efforts at development.

Minister welcomed

“We are delighted to have welcomed the Minister of Tourism during her tour of the regions,” said Tourisme Laval board president Yves Legault. “We have shown the spirit of working together and mobilization which motivates the players in the Laval tourism sector and which allows us to bring together projects that contribute to Quebec’s tourism industry.”

The minister finished her day with a visit to SkyVenture, a Laval landmark tourist attraction that duplicates the sensation of free fall parachuting. This family-owned business is considered to be a leading example of entrepreneurial tourism in the Laval region. The province’s new tourism strategy is expected to be presented next year.

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