Halloween is going to be celebrated in a unique way on one particular street in Laval-des-Rapides Tuesday evening.
Residents on Rue des Prés have agreed to set the street up in a way as to make Halloween especially enjoyable for children with autism.
Beginning at nightfall on Oct. 31, calming music will be heard on the street.
Residents are making efforts to decorate for Halloween this year with images and sounds which are soothing, rather than playing jarring sound effects or using flashing lights.
Households that have agreed to participate in the event will be hanging a small blue light out front.
It will indidate that when someone answers the door to trick-or-treaters, there will be no frightening surprises.
The special evening is being organized in conjunction with the Quebec Autism Federation.
Members and supporters of the Royal Canadian Legion’s Branch 251 (Chomedey) gathered at the veterans’ hall on Curé Labelle Blvd. last week to open the Legion’s annual poppy-selling campaign which will be taking place up to Remembrance Day on Nov. 11.
In keeping with an annual tradition, the first poppy was presented to a leader from the local community.
Left, Royal Canadian Legion Branch 251 president Dean McKay officially kicked off the annual Remembrance Day poppy campaign last week when he pinned the first poppy onto the lapel of Aaron Stafford, political attaché for Vimy MP Annie Koutrakis. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Laval News)
This year it was a representative from Vimy MP Annie Koutrakis’ office, political attaché Aaron Stafford, who accepted on her behalf.
Barbara Vezina, who is chairing the branch’s poppy campaign this year, said funds from the campaign will be going towards several good causes.
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 251 members and supporters gathered at the veterans’ hall last week to launch the annual poppy campaign. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Laval News)
They include La Maison du Père, the Old Brewery Mission, several palliative care facilities, Saint Anne’s Veterans’ Hospital, as well as shelters for women and children who are victims of domestic violence.
Branch 251 is extending an invitation to all who may wish to join them at Remembrance Day ceremonies being held in Laval at the Veterans’ Cenotaph on Souvenir Blvd. near City Hall beginning after 10:30 am on Saturday Nov. 11.
Montreal Hellenic community group strongly supports Dr. Lucy Gilbert’s cancer research
More than 100 guests gathered on Oct. 17 in the Elspeth McConnell Atrium at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre to celebrate the Lyceum of Greek Women of Montreal’s many generous donations to the MUHC Foundation since 2019.
The Montreal-based Hellenic community group’s members have established themselves as strong supporters of women’s health while championing the work of gynecologic oncologist Dr. Lucy Gilbert, whose first-of-its-kind DOvEEgene test can detect ovarian and endometrial cancers early.
‘Melina’s Room’
In recognition of their efforts, a plaque unveiling took place to name a room in the MUHC’s surgical oncology unit. And to recognize the strength of Greek women in Montreal and around the world, the Lyceum members chose to adorn the plaque with the words “Melina’s Room.”
From the left, MUHC Foundation President and CEO Marie-Hélène Laramée, Lyceum of Greek Women of Montreal president Justine Frangouli-Argyris and Dr. Lucy Gilbert are seen here outside the MUHC surgical oncology unit room where a plaque (above them) has been placed in recognition of the Lyceum of Greek Women of Montreal’s fundraising efforts. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Newsfirst Multimedia)
The event was attended by Lyceum members as well as dignitaries with Greek roots, including Lyceum of Greek Women of Montreal president Justine Frangouli-Argyris, Consul General of Greece in Montreal Katerina Varvarigou, Vimy MP Annie Koutrakis, Saint-Laurent MP Emmanuella Lambropoulos, Montreal city councillor Mary Deros, and Laval city councillors Aglaia Revelakis and Vasilios Karidogiannis.
Two Melinas honored
The tribute recognized two strong Greek women. Melina Mercouri (1920–1994) was the Minister of Culture and Sport of Greece and a widely-revered actress who lost her life to lung cancer. Closer to home, Melina Tsagaropoulos, a member of the Lyceum of Greek Women of Montreal, is a young mother who is currently fighting ovarian cancer while receiving treatment at the MUHC.
Speeches were given by Consul General Varvarigou, MUHC Foundation President and CEO Marie-Hélène Laramée, Lyceum of Greek Women of Montreal president Justine Frangouli-Argyris and Dr. Gilbert.
Finding cancer early
“I cannot put into words how much this effort by the Lyceum of Greek Women and their supporters means to the DOvEE Project,” said Dr. Gilbert. “It not only gives us the funds that we need to work, but the inspiration and the feeling that we are supported by women, to help women. It means so much to us.”
Among those attending last week’s plaque unveiling at the MUHC were Montreal city councillor Mary Deros, Laval city councillors Aglaia Revelakis and Vasilios Karidogiannis, MUHC Foundation President and CEO Marie-Hélène Laramée, Vimy MP Annie Koutrakis, Lyceum of Greek Women of Montreal president Justine Frangouli-Argyris and Saint-Laurent MP Emmanuella Lambropoulos. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Newsfirst Multimedia)
DOvEEgene is a pap smear-like test that uses a specially designed brush to collect cells from the uterus. The sample undergoes genetic testing, allowing the DOvEE team to detect the presence of ovarian cancer in its earliest stages.
Finding the cancer early is critically important because once it has spread, it is essentially a death sentence. Worse, ovarian and endometrial cancers do not present symptoms until they are advanced, meaning the majority of women who develop the disease die from it.
Final clinical trial
The DOvEEgene test must go through several important steps before it can be made available to women across Canada and around the world. It is currently undergoing a final clinical trial for effectiveness. Over 4,000 women have been tested as part of the trial, and the Greek community is proud that over 1,000 of its members have taken part.
Already, the test is saving lives. According to officials at the MUHC, it has helped Dr. Gilbert and her team identify cancer and pre-cancer in numerous trial participants. With the generous and ongoing support of the Lyceum of Greek Women of Montreal, Dr. Gilbert and her team will be able to continue on the path to making the DOvEEgene test a standard part of women’s health care.
A cooking fire in Chomedey left six families homeless last week. According to authorities, the blaze started around 5:30 p.m. on Oct. 19 in the basement unit of a six-unit apartment building on 80th Ave. near Perron Blvd.
Laval fire department chief of operations Jean-Francois Lortie said firefighters brought the blaze under control by 6:43 p.m. He said it started in a basement unit, causing major damage to other units.
Other units in the building were damaged by smoke, and for that reason, occupants were not be able to return for several days. The Red Cross was at the scene to provide immediate shelter and food assistance to those who needed it.
LPD arrests man for alleged sex crimes against children
The Laval Police say they are searching for potential victims after arresting a 64-year-old man in Sainte-Rose in connection with sex-related crimes against children.
Jean-Claude Deslauriers was taken into custody in August. He faces charges of sexual assault, sexual contact with a minor and breach of conditions. He was released with conditions following an initial court appearance.
According to police, the alleged offences occurred between the summer of 2022 and August 2023. They allege the suspect would often walk his dog around Sainte-Rose and would invite young, underage girls to his home.
While there, he allegedly took advantage. Deslauriers is expected to return to court on Dec. 6.
Anyone with information about Jean-Claude Deslauriers is encouraged to call 450 662- INFO (4636) or dial 911 and mention file LVl-230806-042.
Two from Laval arrested in Ontario on stolen car allegations
Police in Waterloo west of Toronto say two men from Laval were arrested in nearby Cambridge earlier this month while allegedly putting stolen vehicles into a shipping container.
Waterloo Regional Police officers were dispatched after a suspicious vehicle was reported, according to police.
They said when officers arrived, they found the men putting four vehicles into the container.
Four vehicles with an approximate total value of $320,000 were recovered. The two Laval residents, aged 24 and 27, are facing several counts of possession of stolen property over $5,000 and trafficking stolen property over $5,000.
Laval Police seize more than $1.5 million worth of unauthorized cannabis
The Laval Police announced recently that three drug raids they conducted on Oct. 3 led to the arrest of three suspects believed to be connected to the unauthorized distribution of marijuana.
According to the LPD, an investigation that began last January based on a citizen’s tip led organized crime investigators to an address in Fabreville.
In addition to the Fabreville location, the trail also led to addresses in Boisbriand on the North Shore and Saint-Adèle in the Laurentians.
The investigators found that three suspects who were arrested and later released, with pre-court arraignment conditions to be followed, had a valid license from Health Canada for cannabis production.
However, they were diverting some or all of their product for distribution and use beyond the strictures of the law and the conditions of their license.
What the LPD seized:
1,453 cannabis plants valued at $1,453,000;
1,565.78 grams of dried cannabis worth $15,657;
1,532.99 grams of solid concentrated cannabis worth $30,659;
1,804.56 grams of cannabis residue worth $9,022;
2.75 grams of psilocybin worth $27.50;
Equipment for processing cannnabis worth $170,000;
One jackknife;
One Glock-type air pistol;
4 cell phones worth $4,000;
Cash Canadian, amounting to $36,575.
Motorcyclist dies after head-on collision in Sainte-Rose
A 30-year-old motorcyclist died on Oct. 20 after he collided with a vehicle in Laval’s Sainte-Rose district.
The collision happened around 2 p.m. at the intersection of Avenue de la Renaissance and Boulevard Sainte-Rose.
The vehicle was travelling westbound on Avenue de la Renaissance, while the motorcycle was travelling eastbound on Boulevard Sainte-Rose, according to the Service de police de Laval (SPL).
“At the intersection, there is a traffic light. The vehicle wanted to turn onto Highway 15 North. That’s when the motorcycle hit the vehicle,” said SPL spokesperson Stéphanie Beshara.
The motorcyclist was then ejected from the vehicle. The seriously injured man was taken to hospital, where he was pronounced dead, said Beshara.
A security perimeter was set up and police were continuing their investigation on Friday evening to better understand the circumstances surrounding the collision.
Landmark event taking place at Place Bell with ‘The Rocket’
The City of Laval has something new planned for its 50th annual blood donor clinic, which takes place on Nov. 7 from 9 am to 7 pm.
The clinic, which is one of the largest blood donor events in Canada, will be taking place at Place Bell where the Laval Rocket plays its matches. The city and the AHL hockey team are partnering for the event and reservations are now being taken for anyone who would like to give blood on Nov. 7.
“All signs pointed to the Laval Rocket becoming the partner for an association with Laval’s blood donor clinic,” says Mayor Stéphane Boyer. “In addition to being models of perseverance on the ice, the players get involved in their community for good causes such as this one.
Place Bell new venue
“As well, we will be able to take full advantage of the facilities at Place Bell to welcome more donors than ever while saving lives. Therefore, I invite all people in Laval to come and give. It’s a simple act, but so important.”
In addition to being able to walk on the playing surface of the Rocket’s home arena, blood donors will have the opportunity to meet some of the players who will be dropping by over the course of the day.
“The Laval Rocket is proud to be able to welcome the Laval blood donor clinic to Place Bell for the event’s 50th anniversary,” says Jean-François Houle, head coach for the team. “This cooperative effort with the City of Laval and Héma-Québec will be the ideal occasion to get everybody involved for the largest number possible of blood donors.”
50 years since first clinic
More than 50,000 blood donations have been collected at City of Laval blood donor clinics since they started being held in 1973. This year’s target is 600 donations in a single day. It should be noted that most adults in good health are considered eligible to give blood. Appointments to give blood are recommended and can be made online or by phone by calling 1 800 343-7264. Additional information is available at the Héma-Québec website: hema-quebec5.qc.ca.
Action Laval furious over city’s $8 million website upgrade
Two Laval city council opposition members are accusing the Boyer administration of wasting taxpayer money after an $8 million expenditure was recently approved to update the City of Laval website.
Chomedey councillor Aglaia Revelakis and Saint-Vincent-de-Paul councillor Paolo Galati, who are both with Action Laval, issued a statement saying they had difficulty understanding Mayor Stéphane Boyer’s choice of priorities given the city’s other pressing needs.
Chomedey city councillor Aglaia Revelakis.
Streets and sewers…
“While the streets, and while the sewer system on the island need investments in the hundreds of millions of dollars, and while the parks are in a deplorable state, and while the overall upkeep of the city is becoming worrisome for most residents, Laval’s mayor wants to spend $8 million to bring the city’s website up to date,” they said.
“The mayor has completely lost touch with reality,” said Revelakis, adding that she has yet to hear from even one Laval resident commenting on the city’s website. “Nobody complains about this, although how many phone calls have I received about potholes, the state of the parks and snow removal? These are the true priorities of the city.”
Question of priorities
According to Action Laval, city services employees recently gave a presentation outlining the work that needed to be done to bring the sewer system up to standards in order to meet provincial government requirements.
The opposition party maintains that several sections of the sewer network have reached the maximum of their capacity, thus preventing new residential developments from taking place. In the meantime, Action Laval adds that the city is in the midst of a housing shortage crisis, while the mayor just raised taxes on properties that are going undeveloped.
During the Oct. 4 public meeting of Laval city council, Sainte-Dorothée city councillor Ray Khalil, who is vice-president of the executive-committee, justified the $8 million expense, saying that by 2026 Laval’s web platform will be reaching the end of its useful lifespan and the city will have no choice but to upgrade it.
Laval city councillor and executive-committee member Ray Khalil.
As well, he suggested that the city will be achieving savings through the upgrade because Laval will be able to automate and put online certain services like permit renewals while reducing manual tasks now performed by employees.
“The city’s website is an important platform and one of the principal ways we communicate with out citizens,” he said. “Above all this, it’s all about being faster, better, more accessible to our residents, which are all part of providing services to them. We will be gaining all of these with this web upgrade.” As well, Khalil noted that only 4 per cent (mostly senior citizens) of Laval’s residents are not connected to the internet.
Improving cybersecurity
In September 2022, the City of Laval’s computer systems were the target of an intrusion attempt during which hackers were able to download what Mayor Boyer later described as a “limited” amount of data.
Laval and other municipalities are increasingly building their computers’ defences against cyberattacks.
In the attack last year, a spokesperson for the mayor described the data which was stolen as consisting mostly of material such as photos and text, but not personal or financial information belonging to residents. Following the attack, the city brought in experts from Microsoft to deal with the fallout.
Sovereignty over the north becoming an ‘emergency issue,’ claims former Quebec Premier
The federal government should build two new military bases in Canada’s Arctic – including one with a deep-seawater port – to boost the country’s presence in its farthest northern regions, while also honoring a commitment to help maintain global peace, former Quebec Liberal Premier Jean Charest suggested during a talk at Concordia University last week on Canada’s prospects as a “middle-power.”
Canada has been “derelict” in failing to effectively occupy its Arctic regions, claims former Quebec Premier Jean Charest. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Newsfirst Multimedia)
During his wide-ranging address on global economic and security issues hosted by Concordia’s Jurist in Residence program, Charest, who is now a partner at Montreal-based McCarthy Tetrault law, concluded that Canada needs to assert its sovereignty over the north – and the Northwest Passage in particular.
Arctic bases needed
As well, he said the country needs to take responsibility with respect to national and international defence, and this should especially involve creating new military bases in the Arctic.
In PowerPoint notes, he said Canada “continues to be overly reliant on the U.S. for trade” and needs to diversify in this respect with Europe, Asia and the Indo-Pacific region, while being more affirmative of Canada’s interests in relations with the U.S.
“Sovereignty over the north and the Northwest Passage in particular for me is an emerging development and an emergency issue,” said Charest, whose Liberal government launched the northern-Quebec-focused Plan Nord in 2008, with an eye to opening up the province’s far northern reaches for industrial/economic development.
Canada’s ‘failure,’ he said
He said Canada has been “derelict” in failing to effectively occupy its Arctic regions, while noting that “Russia is a physical neighbour of ours” in the Arctic. “But at the end of the day, if you don’t occupy your territories, you’re not behaving as a sovereign nation.”
He said that if we do build the new bases, “we’d serve our own interests, but we’d also serve the interests of our allies,” while honoring a commitment Canada made to its NATO partners to spend at least 2 per cent on military defence.
He noted that in 2019, then-U.S. Secretary of State in the Trump White House Mike Pompeo stated in a speech in Finland that the Northwest Passage did not belong to Canada because it is in international waters. The Canadian government maintains the Northwest Passage is part of Canada’s internal waterway system.
Focused on the North
It is not the first time Jean Charest has shown himself keenly interested in the development of Canada’s far north. When Plan Nord was first announced by Charest just before the 2008 election which he won, and also just before the 2012 election when he lost, political observers interpreted it as an electoral pitch.
Left, Concordia University’s Jurist-in-Residence Morton Minc is seen here on Oct. 19 with former Quebec Premier Jean Charest. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Newsfirst Multimedia)
The concept, which has never been abandoned by changing governments and for which a provincial planning office still exists, focused on the development of mineral resources (including nickel, gold, lithium, vanadium, iron, diamonds and rare earths) in the far north over a 25-year period.
Another longer-term aspect would be the completion of a permanent highway extending Quebec Route 389 – which currently runs from Baie Comeau on the St. Lawrence River to Fermont and the Newfoundland/Labrador border – all the way to Nunavik, Quebec’s rocky, northernmost subarctic territory.
Sympathetic to China
On other economic and security-related issues, Charest conceded that the People’s Republic of China “aren’t totally wrong in some ways” with respect to the realignment of superpowers for a new model of global governance that would replace the western-led international order that emerged after the Second World War.
Former Quebec Premier Jean Charest is seen here last week at Concordia University where he made the case for Canada’s committing to build two new military bases in the Arctic in order to meet growing international security challenges. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Newsfirst Multimedia)
“They’re saying to the rest of the world ‘we don’t want to play by those rules anymore,’” Charest said, while adding that some people might find his words shocking, but that the facts add credence to the argument.
Citing an example, he said voting rights at the World Bank do not reflect the size and the importance of China. “We have not adapted the UN institutions to these emerging countries,” he said. “The point is if we’re going to have a functioning world, we need to adapt our institutions to every part of the planet.”
Need to adapt, said Charest
Commenting on the emerging bloc of developing countries known as the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa), Charest noted that after the Second World War, the U.S. created global institutions which were American-led.
“And they have served us well and they served Canada well,” he said. “But the world has changed, it has evolved, and we have to be able to adapt to bring these countries in. They’re not wrong to say the system is weighed in the direction of the Americans.”
Although Charest stated at the beginning that he had little to say about the Legault government’s recent decision to double tuition fees paid by international students, he opened up at the end.
“I’m hoping that a lot of people in Quebec will stand up and say that this is a wrongheaded policy and it’s the wrong thing to do,” said Charest.
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The Laval Police announced this week that three drug raids they conducted on Oct. 3 led to the arrest of three suspects believed to be connected to the unauthorized distribution of marijuana.
According to the LPD, an investigation that began last January based on a citizen’s tip led organized crime investigators to an address in Fabreville.
In addition to the Fabreville location, the trail also led to addresses in Boisbriand on the North Shore and Saint-Adèle in the Laurentians.
The investigators found that three suspects who were arrested and later released, with pre-court arraignment conditions to be followed, had a valid license from Health Canada for cannabis production.
However, they were diverting some or all of their product for distribution and use beyond the strictures of the law and the conditions of their license.
What the LPD seized:
1,453 cannabis plants valued at $1,453,000;
1,565.78 grams of dried cannabis worth $15,657;
1,532.99 grams of solid concentrated cannabis worth $30,659;
1,804.56 grams of cannabis residue worth $9,022;
2.75 grams of psilocybin worth $27.50;
Equipment for processing cannnabis worth $170,000;
Thanksgiving event was a chance for moms, dads and kids to blast the sirens
At some point during their lives, children and parents alike have thought for a moment or two about living the life of a firefighter.
A learning experience
While only a relative few ever follow through on it, once a year – on Thanksgiving Weekend – management and staff at the Laval Fire Dept. fling open the garage doors at the city’s nine firehalls.
Seen here with firefighters with the Laval Fire Department, including department director Patrick Taillefer, are members of the Foley and Nadeau families at Chomedey No. 2 firehall last Sunday Oct. 8. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Laval News)
Every kid living in Laval – young or older – gets a chance to make believe they’re a fireman or firewoman. It’s always an opportunity to get up close to the shiny, bright red ladder and pump trucks parked in firehall garages all over the island.
A day at the firehall
For kids probably more used to playing with scale-models, actually being able to climb behind the wheel of a huge shiny red rig and being able to touch the intricate controls is something they will probably remember for a long time.
The Laval Fire Dept.’s annual open house day on Thanksgiving Weekend was a chance for everyone who’s ever been fascinated by fire trucks and firehalls to get up close to the trucks, the gear and the guys that make it all happen. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Laval News)
From morning to late afternoon last Sunday, everybody got a chance to learn all about the work of firefighters, to watch and take part in equipment demonstrations, to receive fire prevention advice, and even to climb into a truck and feel what it’s like to live the life of a firefighter.
Drew inspiration from her father, proud of her Armenian heritage
As far as Chomedey Liberal MNA Sona Lakhoyan Olivier is concerned, until you’ve actually served as a member of the Quebec National Assembly, you can’t have a real idea of just how demanding the job is.
Lakhoyan Olivier was back in Laval last Friday afternoon for the Thanksgiving long weekend, after spending the previous week in Quebec City working on National Assembly business.
Before being elected on Oct. 3 last year, Lakhoyan was an employee of Loto-Québec, serving as an executive hostess to VIP clients at the Montreal Casino.
Chomedey Liberal Member of the Quebec National Assembly Sona Lakhoyan Olivier (seen here on election night Oct. 3, 2022) says she wants to help create better outdoor recreational and leisure environments around the river’s edge in conjunction with the City of Laval. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Laval News)
The work often took her outside the Montreal region to meet Loto-Québec VIP clients in places like Charlevoix, Trois Rivières and Quebec City.
She has also served as an elected member of the former Commission scolaire de Laval (CSDL), as well as vice-president of the board of directors of the Fondation de la Cité de la Santé.
Armenian-Lebanese roots
Raised on Guénette St. in Chomedey, Lakhoyan Olivier was born in Beirut, Lebanon. Given that Middle Eastern nation’s well-known multicultural identity, she remains a strong defender of multiculturalism in Canada and Quebec.
Having been born into an Armenian family, she attended an Armenian community school during her primary education years in Beirut, followed by high school in Arabic, and then a French-language girls’ school in Montreal, and finally Concordia U.
She was greatly influenced by her father who was deeply involved in the local coaching and organizing for community sports as well as the Scouting movement. “In the Armenian diaspora, we help each other a lot,” Lakhoyan Olivier said. “So, naturally I continued in my father’s footsteps.”
Chomedey Liberal Member of the Quebec National Assembly Sona Lakhoyan Olivier is seen here with members of her family during a gathering last May at her Samson Blvd. constituency office. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Laval News)
She excelled in athletics
In her teens and twenties, she was a noted athlete at Armenian sporting events sponsored by the Homenetmen, a pan-Armenian diaspora organization devoted to sports and scouting. “I was involved in the sports and I became a coach in Montreal, but at the same time always involved in the Liberal Party doing volunteer work and whatever needed to be done,” she said.
She played a key role in helping to found an Armenian community Scouts troop in 2016. The group grew quickly from fewer than 100 members in the beginning to more than 300 today.
In her role now as MNA for Chomedey, Lakhoyan Olivier said she is worried about the riding’s situation with regards especially to the rising number of homeless people and the challenging security problems they are beginning to generate.
Local security issues
Having conducted some research among local merchants with the help of her staff, Lakhoyan Olivier was told by a good number of store owners that shoplifting has reached epidemic proportions. She said she hopes to see measures taken in the near future, in conjunction with the City of Laval, to help relieve the problem.
Chomedey MNA Sona Lakhoyan Olivier speaks with members of the Air Cadets’ 100 Laval Squadron during a review of the squadron she did last May 6. (Photo: Martin C. Barry, Laval News)
Other projects she hopes also to bring to fruition with the city include developing more green spaces on the vast expanses along the edges of the rivers that surround Laval. “We need to beautify that corridor, we need to make a marina, we need to make Chomedey a vibrant place,” she said.
“You know, thirty years ago in Laval, I’d see flowers and greenery, but now it’s cement,” she continued. “Now everybody is talking about the îlots de chaleur, you know the heat islands when there are no more trees and no more tree cover.
Youth and senior citizens
“So, we need to find a way to provide space to the people, especially to our youth and our elderly. The most vulnerable of our society are our elderly and our children. We need to offer to our kids a place where they can leave their computer games behind. They need a place and the city has to offer a place.”
With these kinds of projects in mind, she said she is thinking of creating a Green Chomedey Committee that would be open to all, working in conjunction with the City of Laval.
“I would like us to come up with a committee so that we can offer pathways in nature along the river, places that embellish, so that young and old can go in a secure environment.”
