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Tamil community celebrates Heritage Month

Martin C. Barry
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Tamil community celebrates Heritage Month

Justin Trudeau among officials expressing support for Tamil people’s struggle

Elected officials from the federal, provincial and municipal governments, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and representatives from the cities of Laval and Montreal, expressed support for the Tamil people during a major event for Tamil Heritage Month held at the Château Royal congress centre in Laval last Sunday which drew more than 1,000 persons of Tamil origin.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau joined up to 1,000 persons of Tamil origin at the Château Royal to celebrate Tamil Heritage Month.

In a speech, Prime Minister Trudeau called out human rights violations against Sri Lanka’s Tamil minority. “Canada has one of the largest Tamil diasporas in the world,” said Trudeau, noting that Liberal government under his father in 1983 welcomed more than 1,800 Tamils who came to settle in Canada, starting a wave of further immigration to this country by the Tamil community.

Support from Trudeau

“Your contributions to this country are extraordinary,” he continued. “We know that even as we celebrate rights and freedoms and diversity and culture identity here in Canada, there continues to be challenging situations in Sri Lanka. And that’s why Canada will continue to stand with the international community, including at the United Nations’ human rights council, to call for accountability, call for justice, call for reconciliation.”

Trudeau said Canada will “continue to stand with the Tamil community” and that he stood by Canada’s decision last year to sanction several Sri Lankan state officials for gross and systematic violations of human rights during armed conflict in Sri Lanka from 1983 to 2009. He said it is important “to demonstrate that nowhere around the world will we put up with the kinds of human rights abuses that we’ve seen. We will continue to stand with the Tamil community.”

Celebrating the Tamils

First launched in 2010, Tamil Heritage Month celebrates the history of Canada’s Tamil community and its contribution to the social, cultural, political and economic strength of Canada.

(Photo: Martin C. Barry, Newsfirst Multimedia)

The federal government declared January Tamil Heritage Month in 2016, recognizing the importance of the Tamil community on a national basis. Last Sunday’s celebration was Montreal’s sixth Annual Tamil Heritage Month event, organized by more than 50 organizations from all over the region. While recognizing the Tamil community’s accomplishments and tracing its roots, Tamil Heritage Month also provides opportunities to celebrate the Tamils’ history in Canada.

Pongal festival month

The month of January was chosen as Tamil Heritage Month for a number of reasons. The Pongal festival, the most important and widely-celebrated festival amongst Tamils around the world, falls in the middle of the month. Pongal is both a time of thanksgiving for the blessings of a past year and a time to look forward to the start of a new year. The first month of the Tamil calendar, Thai, begins in the middle of January.

Throughout the morning and early afternoon, members of Tamil cultural and community groups performed musical numbers and folk-dance routines. Short documentary film presentations were also projected, providing background on the history of the Tamil people, as well as more recent developments in Sri Lanka where a civil war raged and came to an uneasy conclusion more than a decade ago.

Understanding the Tamils

Delivering a message on behalf of Conservative Party of Canada leader Pierre Poilièvre, former Laval Tory candidate Agop Evereklian said that as an Armenian, he identified strongly with the Tamils who endured tens of thousands of fatalities during the 26-year-long civil war between Tamil and Sinhalese forces.

“As a Canadian of Armenian origin, I really feel the history, the pain and the wounds of the Tamil people and I will always be a friend of the Tamil people,” Evereklian said.

(Photo: Martin C. Barry, Newsfirst Multimedia)

Laval city councillor for Chomedey Aglaia Revelakis, who tabled a resolution in June 2022 calling on the city to recognize the extreme violence committed against the Tamil people as a genocide, was presented by Montreal Tamil community representatives with a symbolic gift in thanks and recognition of her support.

Deros proud of the Tamils

From the City of Montreal, city councillors from the governing Projet Montréal party, as well as from the opposition Ensemble Montréal, also came forward to express their solidarity with the Tamil community in Montreal.

“It is always a pleasure participating in your community’s events,” said Parc Extension city councillor Mary Deros, a leading member of the Ensemble Montréal caucus. Deros’s district is home to a large number of people of Tamil origin.

“I want you to know that I am extremely proud of your community,” she added. “Why? Because you continue to teach your culture, your language to your children. Your children are being educated in both English and French, but you still continue to teach them about their roots and I congratulate you for that.”

City takes another step implementing dynamic parking signage

Martin C. Barry
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City takes another step implementing dynamic parking signage

Laval city council took an additional step recently towards expanding the use of “dynamic” signage along streets to better inform motorists and residents of parking restrictions whenever there is a need for this, such as during snow storms.

During a recent council meeting, the council members awarded a contract to Pierre Brossard (1981) ltée to implement electronic parking regulation signage.

The signs, which are programmable remotely, will allow municipal employees to inform motorists and residents in “real time,” rather than with sandwich board signs which have been in usage for decades and must be set up one at a time manually on the side of the street.

“The implementation of dynamic signage will translate into an improved efficiency of the system thanks to real-time displays on the street indicating that operations are underday,” says Laval city councillor for Sainte-Dorothée Ray Khalil, the executive-committee member responsible for public works.

“It’s all with an eye on improving citizens’ experience, as well as the management of snow removal including cleaning the streets during the summer in some of Laval’s most densified sectors.”

The illuminated panels will be lit up when needed to display specific times when snow removal or street cleaning operations will be taking place, meaning that motorists and car owners must move their vehicles. The city decided to opt for the system following tests with several pilot projects on its territory over the past few years.

According to the city, residents were polled for their level of expected satisfaction with the system, as well as the public works department’s views on how it would improve their efficiency.

Widespread implementation of the system is expected to begin during the summer of 2024. It is expected to become functional in Chomedey beginning next winter, followed by Pont-Viau and Laval-des-Rapides during the summer of 2025.

Laval council unanimously backs De Cotis motion calling for swimming lessons

A motion tabled by Action Laval city councillor for the district of Saint-Bruno David De Cotis, asking his council colleagues to support a suggestion that Laval residents should receive free swimming lessons, was favourably received recently.

The motion, which has the backing of the Société de sauvetage du Québec (Lifesaving Society), received unanimous support. It also had the backing of Raynald Hawkins, the executive-director of the society.

David De Cotis (right) and Raynald Hawkins.

De Cotis and the motion’s supporters agreed that as a municipality located entirely on an island surrounded on all sides by water, Laval is at a higher risk from hazards having to do with water-related incidents.

Laval at elevated risk

As well, supporters of the motion note that there are a large number of private and public pools in the City of Laval, and that many residents, including immigrants, may never have had the opportunity to learn how to swim.

“We have 38,000 private pools on the city’s territory,” said De Cotis, while adding that there was a sharp increase in the number of drownings in Quebec last year compared to previous years and that “we must do something to find solutions.”

“A project like this brings back a lot more than just swimming lessons,” said Hawkins. “It’s also an important way of introducing newcomers to Laval. The elected officials shouldn’t look upon this proposal as an expense for the city, but rather as an investment for the security of our children.”

Swim lessons for kids

The Lifesaving Society is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote safe interactions with water to prevent drowning and other injuries. The society’s Swim to Survive program (offered to 8+ year old students in the 3rd to 6th grades in elementary school) was created to prevent drowning.

It has been designed as an educational and active field trip. In addition to playing a key role in drowning prevention, the program gets children to move and gain self-confidence, and encourages them to visit aquatic facilities on a more regular basis.

Laval takes a new step forward by appointing the first director of its Office of Social Innovation and Ecological Transition

The Mayor of Laval, Stéphane Boyer announced recently the appointment of Sophie Paradis, who becomes the first Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Ecological Transition.

The Office, which is scheduled to launch in early February, will be responsible for supporting the City’s administrative units in aligning the delivery of services to citizens with the principles of carbon neutrality and equity in the face of environmental issues. Climate change and the importance of biodiversity in Laval require better coordination at all levels within the municipal organization.

“I am very excited to welcome Ms. Paradis to the Director of the Office of Social Innovation and Ecological Transition. We have great ambitions in terms of sustainable development and one of our wishes was to have a cross-cutting vision to guide our decision-making. “In the context of the deployment of our climate plan – Horizon 2035, the Office will allow us to ensure that the ecological transition is applied everywhere and in a systemic way.”

Are Government Decisions in Our Best Interest?

Robert Vairo
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Are Government Decisions in Our Best Interest?

Newsfirst political columnist Robert Vairo ponders the question

Newsfirst Multimedia political columnist Robert Vairo.

We have been told to do an electrification make over, enticed with tax payer incentives.

For example, the government wants to see an overhaul of our current efficient and reliable heating system. It wants us to get rid of our perfectly operating oil or gas furnace, as well as many appliances. We are told to discard those ever so reliable back ups, the wood and gas burning stove and fireplace.

Let’s all go electric: electric heat pump, electric car, electric range and oven. Is that such a wise choice since at times our electricity grid can not handle our current consumption? One engineer suggests charging one EV at high speed is equivalent to electricity consumed by 106 homes in one hour.

Albertans received an emergency alert at 6:44 p.m. on Saturday, January 13th, from the Alberta Emergency Management Agency, directing citizens to immediately reduce electricity consumption. Despite Artic-like temperatures in that province, residents were forced to reduce their electric heating, and not even plug in their vehicle’s block heater. If you drive an EV in Alberta, the mandate went out to not recharge. Facing a shortfall of electricity, our western friends have had to import electricity from Saskatchewan, Montana and British Columbia. Saskatchewan was able to help Alberta thanks to its natural gas fired generators that produce electricity. That is the same natural gas some of our enviro-fanatic leaders in Ottawa are trying to shut down. Wind power and solar panels are nowhere near enough during these bone-chilling periods. And they will happen again and again. Fortunately, former Premier Robert Bourassa had the vision and foresight to dam James Bay in the mid 1970’s so that today, Québec is a major hydro exporter, and has all the energy it will ever need, at least until the next ice storm.

Taking its cue from the all-powerful and controlling elitist World Economic Forum, the west has been told to electrify everything. We are encouraged to get rid of our perfectly running and dependable gas-powered vehicles and go EV. And the pressure is on because this government has legislated the end of the internal combustion engine with different deadlines in force before ICE will be outlawed from manufacturing. Is the government’s fanatic push for electric vehicles such a good idea? Hertz has been forced to sell its fleet of 20 thousand Teslas because they are too expensive to repair. The second largest rental company in the world, second only to Enterprise, has had to fill the gap. Hertz bought 20 thousand news gas-powered vehicles. Insurance companies will not repair an accidented electric vehicle with battery damage. It will ‘write off’ the entire car. As a result, are insurance rates higher for an EV? Absolutely.

The government is not getting it right. Consumers do not want to electrify at this time, and manufacturers are listening. Ford says it loses 36 thousand dollars on every EV manufactured. It has cut in half production of its highly touted F150 Lightning pick up. The Detroit automaker has also paused construction of its EV battery plants. General Motors is now delaying indefinitely its new electric models.

Yes, we will apparently all be going electric at some point, but to legislate a firm concocted schedule is a collision with reality. This is quite obvious today.

Some of you may remember the Urea Formaldehyde debacle, when government offered incentives to insulate your old or new house with it. Canadians in those homes were getting headaches and nausea; something was seriously wrong. Government misled us. Then came another round of incentives, to remove the poisonous insulation. It has now been banned under the Hazardous Products Act since December 1980. What a mess. Ask again whether government decisions are in your best interest.

Japan, Germany, other European countries have hastily embarked on the green environment wagon by closing its coal mines and nuclear energy plants and becoming almost wholly dependent on Russia for its energy. Then Russia attacked Ukraine and reality hit. These same countries came running to Canada, begging to supply them with LNG, liquified natural gas. The Trudeau government said no to all of them. Europeans suffered as a result and are faring better this winter thanks to increased oil imports from Norway, Europe’s largest oil producer, and the reopening of some coal plants as back up. How was this a smart environmental move by Canada?

Chasing the Votes

It’s interesting to watch the Trudeau liberals first chase the Jewish, then the Muslim vote, over the terrorist group Hamas’ attack on Israeli settlers. Canadian Jews make up only 1.4%, of Canada’s population, mainly in Toronto and Montreal. Muslims are nearly 5% strong in Canada, primarily in Greater Toronto, Québec, Alberta and BC. Where do you think the Liberal support will fall? Following Israeli President Netanyahu’s rebuke of Trudeau, one can argue where the Prime Minister’s loyalty lies. In any event, the Trudeau Liberals do not want to be seen to be choosing sides. It would mean losing either the Jewish or Muslim vote. So, while mainstream media chronicles the Liberal caucus as split in its decision on whether to support a UN motion accusing Israel of genocide, reports indicate their leader has very craftily placed a group of MPs on one side and the rest on the other. Now the governing party is seen as supporting everyone and no one at the same time.

Welcome to More Taxes in 2024

As we welcome the new year, Canadians prepare for more federal government taxes as compiled by Canadian Taxpayers Federation. We’ll be paying more in CPP contributions, (about $350.00 more), paying still higher carbon taxes for everyone but Quebecers (about $910.00 per family), and an extra 5% tax on all alcohol beverages. You’ll know who to raise your glass to on your next cold one.

El-Khoury to focus on affordable housing and seniors’ needs this year

Martin C. Barry
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El-Khoury to focus on affordable housing and seniors’ needs this year

When asked earlier this week about his political intentions in the coming year, Laval-Les Îles Liberal MP Fayçal El-Khoury told the Laval News that, among other things, he will be focusing on providing additional affordable housing to constituents, while also working towards improving the living conditions of the senior citizens in Laval-Les Îles.

Focus on seniors

In an interview, El-Khoury said he is currently working on several legislative issues involving senior citizens.

“In most caucus meetings, I raise the issue of our senior citizens,” he said, noting that Laval-Les Îles is home to an elevated number of seniors.

Laval-Les Îles Liberal Fayçal El-Khoury wins a second term
Incumbent Laval-Les Îles MP Fayçal El-Khoury (seen here on the night of an election) .

El-Khoury said he was among the first MPs to call upon the Trudeau government to create a new ministry to focus closely on senior citizens’ issues.

He said his efforts continue to persuade the government to implement the Canada-wide dental coverage plan, announced last year, which begins with an initial phase for senior citizens this year.

“And I will continue to play a major role in order to finalize once and for all the dental plan for our seniors,” added El-Khoury.

Students needed: El-Khoury

Another area the Laval-Les Îles MP said he will be concentrating on over the coming year involves immigration generally, as well as the issue of visas granted to students coming from overseas into Canada to undertake academic studies.

“Because students when they come to Canada, they pay rent, they pay tuition fees and other expenses, and this helps to push our economy forward,” he said.

At the same time, he noted that students whose skills and talents are developed at Canadian universities can often end up taking up permanent residency or citizenship here, thus contributing even further to the strengthening of the country’s economy.

Visiting students issue

Last week, Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Marc Miller said he was looking at ways to rein in an international student system that has “gotten out of control.”

Miller said that because of housing shortages and soaring rents, he would be looking at ways to reduce the number of international students, which has hit 800,000 students a year.

El-Khoury said the government’s plans haven’t been finalized and will be subject to fine-tuning in the coming year to ensure the issue is dealt with equitably.

While acknowledging that some incoming students may have abused the system and that better screening could be needed, he suggested it would be better to keep the door open to most foreign students, rather than enact policies that would place onerous restrictions on them.

Housing, living costs and health care are all on Koutrakis’ 2024 agenda

Martin C. Barry
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Housing, living costs and health care are all on Koutrakis’ 2024 agenda
Vimy Liberal MP Annie Koutrakis.
Vimy Liberal Member of Parliament Annie Koutrakis.

Looking ahead at the various actions and projects she expects to undertake over the course of 2024, Vimy Liberal MP Annie Koutrakis said in an interview with The Laval News that some of the most significant issues for her constituents will be bringing down the cost of living, building more housing and finding ways to improve the health care system.

Federal health spending

While health care is actually a provincial jurisdiction, Koutrakis pointed out that the federal government also plays a role by transferring billions of dollars each year to the provinces to be spent on their health care services.

“We need to make sure that we strengthen and support the health care that Canadians are looking for, because we are an aging population, although we also have young people and others who face affordability issues,” said Koutrakis.

Business and employment

“That’s something I want to focus on,” she continued. “And I want to make sure that by creating well-paying jobs and helping small businesses, we can help the middle-class get ahead. As far as I’m concerned, when I look at Vimy and I see all the entrepreneurship that happens in this riding, like a small little enterprise or a depanneur or a pharmacy, these are the engine of our economy.

“I mean sure, the super conglomerates have a lot of capital that’s available to them to grow as multinational companies. But in Vimy we have a thriving community. And so, I want to make sure that the small businesses locally in Vimy that are having challenges can have extensions for things like the CEBA loans, because this is something I advocate for every day and I will continue doing so.”

Hellenic Heritage

Koutrakis, who is parliamentary secretary to the Minister of Tourism and Economic Development for Quebec, has been advocating to other MPs as well as to members of the Senate to adopt a motion she was instrumental in developing which would declare March as Hellenic Heritage Month.

The bill, which she helped write, has been passed in the Senate and she expects that at least two House of Commons MPs will agree to sponsor it. “Hopefully, we can have that introduced sooner rather than later, so that we can get it done once and for all this year,” added Koutrakis, noting that she hoped it would demonstrate her support for her Hellenic origins.

Laval News Volume 32-02

Laval News Staff
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Laval News Volume 32-02

The current issue of the Laval News, volume 32-02, published on January 24th, 2024.
Covering Laval local news, politics, and sports.
(Click on the image to read the paper.)

Laurier school board teachers vote to end strike

Martin C. Barry
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Laurier school board teachers vote to end strike

Following a general assembly meeting held Monday, striking members of the Laurier Teachers Union voted 56 per cent in favor of the provincial government’s sectoral proposal and 70 per cent for an intersectoral proposal, effectively calling for an end to their strike.

In an interview with the Laval News Tuesday, LTU president Stéphane Éthier said the sectoral agreement covers issues like class composition, as well as teacher workloads and salary scales for all teaching sectors, including elementary, high-school, vocational training and adult ed.

Striking educators, members of the Laurier Teachers Union, held a noisy demonstration outside Laval Junior Academy on Daniel Johnson Blvd. in December. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Laval News)

The inter-sectoral agreement covers salaries and pensions, as well as employee benefits such as insurance, parental rights (maternity or paternity leaves) and regional disparities.

Although he noted that the LTU was still waiting for other English-speaking teachers’ unions across the province to complete their voting procedures, Éthier confirmed that the LTU’s members had assented in principle to the latest agreement terms presented by the provincial government.

If only God’s will would be done …

Renata Isopo
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If only God’s will would be done …

And so, to distances we’ve come. The ground that separates good from evil has descended into grey areas of if you can’t do good, try at least to do no harm.

Sadly, much of what was good in human history has now been adopted-and-adapted as bad. What was once bad, has been knocking on the door of the insidious corruption of values that have been foundations and cornerstones of civilized societies.

The eternal truth that there is goodness in the minds, hearts, and souls of most human beings – in the four corners of the planet and everything in-between – is dissolving into blinding deep-fog denial-of-everything that’s redeemable in the children of a living and loving God. Too many claim that God is neither living nor loving, citing His deafening silence, watching from His Heaven the disintegration of humanity.

This ‘catch-of-the-day – our day – thinking, is gravely flawed. Lacking discernment vital to basic understanding of eternity, these deniers of God, ironically exercising the gift of free-will He grants to all, sinfully disconnect themselves from God’s will, giving in to the presumption that they are right and believers are wrong.

Yes, God appears to be silent to evils that proliferate. But pause to ask yourself. What would I do, in the wake of the violation and betrayal of the unerring guide-to-life you had bestowed on humanity in need of peace, order, and good government.

The Ten Commandments, God’s exemplary power-point plan for peace on Earth to all men, women, and children of good will, have been desecrated by self-styled earthly gods who pass themselves off as idols to be worshipped, at altars of adoration, on which rests the new-wave sin of virtue-signalling that dictates its one-and-only-Commandment – to be human is to accept all things.

Not so, says God’s will. Thus, in silence, He decries, laments, weeps over the derailment of the high-speed high-tech human locomotives that ought to be rapidly moving toward destinations of faith, hope, and love, but to be sure, are not heading in that direction. From a distance He watches, in muted agony, as vehicles of evil that pass themselves off as purveyors of good, with compliance from far too many, crash into both sides of the divide, threatening to destroy the sacrosanct belief that humankind’s eight billion men, women, and children deserve to be that – men, women, and children … free of the chains of what now has emerged as the casting of malicious doubt on what is man… what is woman…what is child?

Even the most cursory look at any of God’s Ten Commandments provides much-needed sanity in the World of you must respect me but I don’t have to respect you, you must believe what I believe or you ain’t my friend.

Prayerful contemplation of the disastrous consequences of man’s inhumanity to man will flood the heart of every man, woman, and child with the pain of the loss of innocence ripped from them by the evil that makes no exception to the souls it infests with hatred of the other, whoever or whatever he or she may be. This was never, is not now, nor ever will be God’s way. It was, is, and will continue to be – if not stopped by faith, hope, and love – the expression of self-serving disregard for the will of God for humanity’s deliverance from sin. In case you haven’t had a quiet moment of reflecting on what God offered to humankind through Moses on Mount Sinai, please take another look and you will be guaranteed that God in His Heaven was, is, and will always be a living and loving force of eternal salvation and a source of everything that is good in humanity because that is the way he conceived His software and hard drive … to lead toward faith in other human beings, hope in their capacity and willingness to do nothing less than love God and their neighbours, whatever fences demons have conspired to erect between in the minds, hearts, and souls of this valley of tears that God still lovingly watches over, as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, with an urgency of anticipation that within the unfolding of the universe He created, there will be Peace on Earth to all women, children, and men of good will.

In prayerful respect for humankind, here is what God’s Will offers His children:

I am your Living and Loving God, all you need is Me. Don’t deny me, don’t fashion false gods to take my place, reject fraudulent idols who masquerade as truth. Revere my name, for I am sacred and because I gave you life, you can be sacred too.

In your trials and tribulations that flow from the gift of life, keep one day of the week for Me and for Yourself, putting aside the load you carry the other six days. Love your father and mother, as I love you, for they are the vehicles of My love for you, forgive their transgressions as I forgive yours. Do not murder, not in My name, nor in any other name that the forces of evil have designed to deceive you into the sin of taking another life without cause. I have given you the gift of attraction for other human beings; revel in it, but respect its power to lead you astray; be faithful to your love, forsake all others, keep your heart for your chosen one who has chosen you. Respect the rights of others to property and/or success, don’t steal what they have sacrificed to earn for themselves and their loved ones. Do not lie, the truth shall set you free, and its violation will cause irreparable damage to others.

Do not envy the lives of others who you think better than you, they are not, they are simply different. Just look around you to know that you are cherished as much as they are by a living and loving God.

Renata Isopo

Guns were fired less often than usual in Laval last year, according to the LPD

Martin C. Barry
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Guns were fired less often than usual in Laval last year, according to the LPD
The Laval Police seized at least one 3D-printed firearm last year, a first for the police department. (Photo: Courtesy RCMP)

In a report on criminal use of firearms in Laval in 2023, the Laval Police Dept. says the number of incidents leading to a firearm being discharged took a sharp decline last year compared to the year before.

According to the force, there were 13 events in 2023, compared with 24 the previous year and 43 in 2021.

Jean-François Rousselle, assistant director of the force ‘s criminal investigation division, said a new strategy produced encouraging results.

The LPD attributes the decline to the success of Projet Paradoxe, which focuses on firearms-related events.

He said there had been a drop in gun-related incidents over the past two years.

In 2023, 57 firearms were seized by the LPD in Laval and 30 suspects were arrested.

Revelakis praises SCAMA during Christmas seniors’ gathering

Martin C. Barry
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Revelakis praises SCAMA during Christmas seniors’ gathering

‘I am proud to support an organization which is so dedicated,’ she says

Laval city councillor for Chomedey Aglaia Revelakis expressed strong approval and support for the work done by the Centre de Services communautaires et d’aide au maintien de l’autonomie (SCAMA) during a Christmas-time event held last month at the senior citizens’ centre.

SCAMA provides a range of at-home services to seniors 50 years of age and older, and has been doing so for the past 40 years.

Action Laval city councillor for Chomedey Aglaia Revelakis (left) is seen here with SCAMA executive-director Stéphanie Froissart during the seniors’ gathering held just before the Christmas holidays.

Smiles all around

The event, held a few days before Christmas, put smiles on the faces of the many seniors who attended. A lunch was provided by the Coco Frutti restaurant, which is also located in Chomedey.

“I am proud to support an organization which is so dedicated fundamental values such as the inclusivity of its clientele,” said Revelakis. “This focus underscores the importance of promoting the social interaction of seniors, regardless of their ethnic origins, to actively contribute to the Laval community.”

Support for seniors

SCAMA promotes the social interaction of seniors from ethnocultural minorities in order to answer to their various needs, such as support following loss of autonomy, while encouraging their participation as citizens, and while helping to break them out of their isolation.

“What a pleasure it was to see so many volunteers bringing their help to the organization, but mostly to see the seniors getting out of their habitual comfort zones to come dance, have fun and chat,” said SCAMA executive-director Stéphanie Froissart.

Mission accomplished

“This confirms without doubt that again this year, the SCAMA team has fulfilled its mission perfectly,” she added.

Mrs. Froissart noted that SCAMA’s food services include home delivery of frozen meals, accessible to residents from the greater Laval area, at moderate prices – a service that is greatly appreciated by the organization’s clients, she continued.

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