U.S. President Joe Biden will visit Canada on March 23 – 24.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Thursday that President of the United States Joe Biden will visit Canada on March 23 to 24.
According to a statement from the Prime Minister’s Office, the visit will allow Biden “to continue working closely with Canada to strengthen trade ties, create good jobs, grow the middle class, and drive economic growth that benefits everyone on both sides of the border.”
The statement said they will also continue to increase collaboration on defence and security, climate action, and immigration.
“With the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement as the foundation, Prime Minister Trudeau and President Biden will underscore the importance of our mutually beneficial economic relationship to bolster competitiveness and build resilient supply chains, including on critical minerals – the building blocks for the clean economy,” the PMO stated.
“They will also discuss the progress made under the February 2021 Roadmap for a Renewed U.S.-Canada Partnership to advance bilateral cooperation on shared priorities including taking ambitious climate action and advancing countries where no one is left behind.”
“Canada and the United States are allies, neighbours, and most importantly, friends,” said the Prime Minister.
“As we face increasing global uncertainty, we will continue working together as we defend our continent and our shared values, create more opportunities for people and businesses on both sides of the border, and build strong economies as reliable suppliers as we move toward a net-zero world. I look forward to welcoming President Biden to Canada.”
This will be President Biden’s first in-person visit since becoming president.
Prime Minister Trudeau and President Biden have met on numerous occasions since the President’s inauguration in January 2021, including the first bilateral (virtual) meeting in February 2021, and again in November 2021, in Washington DC, in June 2022, in Los Angeles and in January 2023, at the North American Leaders Summit in Mexico City. They have also met on the margins of several international summits and meetings.
He will be joined by the First Lady of the United States, Jill Biden.
During his visit, the President will make an address to Parliament.
In this video posted on Tik Tok, two LPD officers attempted without success to Taser a suspect last week at the Cartier Metro in Laval.
A video of a police intervention at the Cartier Metro station in Laval went viral online last week, capturing several failed attempts by LPD officers to Taser a man standing on the train platform.
“Get on the ground! You’re going to get Tasered!” one of the officers was heard yelling at the suspect appearing in the video, as the suspect remained standing while speaking in another language.
In a separate video also posted online, a Metro passenger aboard a train near the Cartier Metro station wrestles with a suspect believed to be holding a knife.
Moments later, the same officer asked for help from a colleague. “Do you have another Taser?” he asked.
Officers then appeared to fire another Taser shot, which again appeared not to have any effect on the suspect.
An LPD spokesperson later said that officers were called because the suspect had attacked another person, who was left with minor scratches. According to the incident report, the suspect was seen with a knife in his hands by officers arriving on the scene, although he is not alleged to have actually used the knife.
Police speculate that the Taser failed to operate because it may have snagged part of the suspect’s clothing or an object on his person that caused a malfunction. At last word, the suspect was transported to hospital and no charges were filed against him.
A second video that emerged from the incident and that was posted online showed the scene aboard a Metro car before the police arrived, when the suspect was involved in a violent confrontation with a male passenger apparently attempting to disarm him. After subduing the suspect to the floor of the Metro car, the passenger, dressed in construction worker gear, is seen punching the suspect numerous times in the head, while also delivering a few kicks, after which other passengers are heard exclaiming for him to stop and they begin to intervene.
Shots fired at house in Sainte-Dorothée
Gunshots were fired in the direction of a house in Laval’s Sainte-Dorothée district early Friday morning last week.
The Laval Police were alerted around 2:30 am that shots had been heard on Galbrand St. near Bord-de-l’Eau Rd.
Officers arriving on the scene in a residential neighbourhood found bullet impact marks on the outside of a residence. However, the occupants weren’t injured.
The suspects immediately fled in their vehicle. No arrests had been made by earlier this week, although an LPD spokesperson pointed out that an investigation has just gotten underway.
Two Laval men charged with attempted fraud in Ontario
Two men were in custody last week pending a bail hearing in Belleville, Ont. after the Ontario Provincial Police were called to a business regarding an attempt to make a fraudulent purchase.
Officers with the Quinte West OPP detachment were summoned to the business where two individuals were trying to make a large purchase on a credit card that appeared to be compromised.
An investigation led to 26-year-old Moussa Sanno and 27-year-old Samual Baffour – both from Laval – being charged with possession of property obtained by crime, as well as multiple counts of failing to comply with a probation order. Sanno also faces a charge of identity theft, while Baffour faces an added charge of fraud over $5,000.
Quebec Liberal Party MNA for de La Pinière Linda Caron, the official opposition party’s critic for senior citizens’ issues.
The Quebec Liberals say the province’s towns and cities should be able to provide low-income home owners 65 years of age and older the option of postponing payment on part of their property tax payments so they can continue living at home.
Liberal opposition seniors’ critic Linda Caron, the MNA for de La Pinière riding, says most of the province’s senior citizens want to stay in their homes for as long as possible, and such a program would allow thousands of them to do so.
Staying at home
The Liberals are of the view that such a measure would help retired seniors better manage increases in the cost of living while being able to stay longer at home.
The proposal would allow low-income seniors who are homeowners to defer part of the payment of a property tax bill to when ownership of the home is transferred or the property is sold.
The proposal would also allow low-income homeowners in this age category to file a request with their respective town or city. The Liberals believe the program would provide senior citizens with some breathing space when they are faced with financial difficulties.
UMQ supports it
In eight other provinces, like-minded programs already exist, and the Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ) has been asking for such an option for the past four years.
The City of Montreal has already adopted a motion unanimously, asking the Quebec government for permission to offer the program to its Montreal residents.
Following the federal and provincial governments’ decision to order the removal of the Tik Tok video app from all electronic devices used for official purposes, the City of Laval is following suit.
The move is considered a preventive measure in view of growing suspicions that various kinds of data gathered by TikTok, which is owned by China-based business interests, could be compromised to serve Chinese national interests.
Laval City Hall.
Laval’s decision followed a recommendation made by the Union des municipalités du Québec (UMQ), the province’s largest lobby group for municipalities.
Effective immediately, the City of Laval has suspended all activity on its professional TikTok account. In addition, the installation and use of TikTok is forbidden on devices owned by the city until further notice.
According to the city, the measure applies to all mobile phones, tablets and computers used by municipal employees, as well as public work stations and self-service terminals installed in municipal buildings and used by residents.
The city says it is taking this action in order to prioritize the protection of the security of its citizens, employees and suppliers. The city also says it is continuing to monitor the situation, and that for that reason the measures applying to TikTok could be revised as the situation evolves.
City introduces improved ‘Mon dossier’ online digital interface
The city is pursuing a strategy for shifting many of its longstanding transactional practices into the digital realm with the announcement of a new interface to facilitate communications between municipal officials and residents.
“This improved version of the online portal Mon dossier [My file, in English] is perfectly suited for the digital acceleration of the implementation of services for Laval residents which started several years ago,” says city councillor for Saint-Martin Aline Dib who is responsible for the oversight of citizen services.
“Following a consultation with citizens and municipal employees, a long reflection brought us to position self-service at the centre of the citizen digital experience,” Dib added. “With Mon dossier, our fellow citizens will find the information they are seeking faster, while also interacting with the city efficiently thanks to new functions that are within easy reach.”
Since December 2022, the Mon dossier portal has allowed applications to be made electronically for environmental subsidies involving things such as washable diapers and rainwater recuperation barrels. Over the next two years, additional types of applications will also be available, such as e-payment options for special certificates and muncipal permit applications.
More than $500,000 for Laval groups helping the disadvantaged
The Table régionale de concertation des aînés de Laval (TRCAL) and the Association lavalloise de parents et amis pour le bien-être mental will be sharing the lump sum of $556,165 coming from the City of Laval, the Municipal Affairs Ministry and the CISSS de Laval.
Support to the two social social services umbrella groups will help deliver services to seniors in the Laval region, as well as mental health services for the English-speaking population. “This support to community organizations is a real way to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable people,” says Mayor Stéphane Boyer.
“This initiative shows the value added by projects born from a shared vision of social development. This is the very reason that there is a regional social development policy that has been implemented thanks to the participation of 26 Laval organizations, including the CISSS and the City of Laval.”
‘Consultative committee is for all seniors,’ says Agape director who is one of six members
Apart from the work Kevin McLeod does as executive-director of the Youth and Parents Agape Association, he also serves as a member of the City of Laval’s Seniors Advisory Committee (Comité consultatif des personnes aînées).
Youth and Parents Agape Association executive-director Kevin McLeod is one of six people from all over Laval who sit as members on the City of Laval’s Consultative Committee for Senior Citizens. (File photo: Martin C. Barry, Laval News)
The committee, which is one of more than a dozen committees formed under the auspices of Laval city council, is mandated to study questions related to issues and concerns of senior citizens who live all over Laval.
Six-person committee
It is made up of six persons from Laval with a stake in the well-being of senior citizens. The members are Évelyne Garceau who serves as president, and Monique Hétu, Bernard Millette, Viola Monfiston, Danae Savides and McLeod, all of whom are committee members.
According to a description of the committee’s mandate on the City of Laval’s website, the Seniors Advisory Committee is empowered to maintain a dynamic watch over the needs of senior citizens throughout the Laval region, to develop a knowledge of the municipal issues affecting the seniors’ population, and to raise awareness, inform and propose potential solutions to the city administration.
A liaison to El-Helou
Among other things, the committee also interfaces with Laval city councillor for Souvenir-Labelle Sandra El-Helou, who is also an associate member of the executive-committee with responsibilities for the oversight of senior citizens’ issues.
As far as McLeod is concerned, his role on the committee has not only allowed Agape to contribute to the city’s efforts for improving the quality of life for senior citizens, but also to raise awareness of English-speaking seniors’ needs, while focusing on the overall improvement of the well-being of all seniors.
Tax break for seniors
“This consultative committee is for all seniors,” said McLeod, noting that the city set out to establish a balanced representation of persons from a cross-section of communities as committee members. He said one of the committee’s most recent efforts involved providing input to city officials for a special property tax benefit to assist Laval’s senior citizens.
“I think the City of Laval is responding slowly but surely, especially with regards to senior citizens,” he added. “I think it’s an amazing step in the right direction that we’re now translating documents into English so that seniors can have information in their own language. It was a long time we were asking for this. Definitely a step in the right direction.”
Support from the city
In terms of financial support, he said Agape receives occasional discretionary donations from city councillors like Aglaia Revelakis (Chomedey) and Aline Dib (Saint-Martin), although there are no significant contributions from the city administration itself.
‘I think the City of Laval is responding slowly but surely, especially with regards to senior citizens,’ says McLeod
“We’re still waiting for that,” McLeod said. “It’s something we’d like to see. We’ve spoken with Sandra El-Helou to see if we can have a conversation with [Mayor] Stéphane Boyer and sit down to see how they can better support our English-speaking seniors. But it’s a work in progress. There’s nothing concrete at this point, although they seem to be very receptive.”
Faithful patron Brendt Schonfelder donates $1,000 during Valentine’s Love Walk
Following a three-year hiatus when the Agape Youth and Parents Association couldn’t hold fundraisers because of Covid pandemic restrictions, a faithful supporter made up for the shortfall recently with a generous donation to the Chomedey-based social services provider.
$1,000 donation
Brendt Schonfelder generously donated $1,000 towards funds gathered during Agape’s annual Denise Williams Valentine’s Day Love Walk. The event is named after Agape co-founder and secretary/treasurer Betty McLeod’s late mother.
Agape holds up to four fundraisers per year to help in their work to support the vulnerable people they serve. Until recently, Agape’s in-person fundraisers had been suspended until further notice. The Valentine’s Day Love Walk always takes place on a Friday which falls closest to Valentine’s Day.
Seen here with Agape co-founder and secretary/treasurer Betty McLeod, Brendt Schonfelder generously donated $1,000 towards Agape’s annual Denise Williams Valentine’s Day Love Walk.
A longstanding tradition following each walk – breakfast at the Nickels restaurant – had to be suspended during the Covid hiatus, although it has resumed with the pandemic mostly over.
Fundraising decline
“We really went down in the donations when we were online,” McLeod said in an interview with the Laval News, explaining that the association had to depend on online fundraising for the past three years while in-person fundraisers were suspended. “Now we’ve re-opened,” she said.
Denise Williams started the first Valentine’s Day Love Walk around 30 years ago while her daughter was in hospital “and kept it up until the day she died,” said McLeod. Denise Williams passed away in July 2008 at the age of 91.
How it started
“Because I was in hospital, my mother got a bunch of people, a bunch of seniors, and they all got together and started walking for Agape and they’ve kept it up for years now,” added McLeod. “All the receipts from the donations go to Agape, of course.”
Although 40 people registered to take part in this year’s Valentine’s Day Walk, a snow storm the day of the event resulted in only 20 taking part. Still, those who did turn up were treated afterwards to a meal at the Nickels restaurant, paid for as always by Betty McLeod’s husband Rod.
A big Agape supporter
Because of the snow outside, the walkers made their way around the interior of the Centre Laval mall at the corner of Souvenir and Le Corbusier boulevards.
Brendt Schonfelder generously donated $1,000
As for Brendt Schonfelder’s $1,000 donation, McLeod said, “He’s a big donor to Agape. He’s a fantastic man. He’s known hardship, but he’s always been there to help us out and we have appreciated it.”
Among Agape’s other fundraising events are the Annual Lois Hashimoto Memorial Walk, in memory of another longtime supporter. Every September, participants are sponsored for a walk from Agape‘s location to the edge of Autoroute 13 and back.
Annual fundraisers
And then there is also the annual Christmas Dance. Every year, on the last Saturday of November or first of December, they hold a fundraising dinner and dance at the Royal Canadian Legion (Chomedey Branch) to help raise funds for Agape’s Christmas baskets, which feed over a thousand people during the holiday season.
Agape also accepts monetary donations throughout the year, with an income-tax receipt issued for donations of $20 or more. Agape address: 3950 Notre-Dame Blvd., Laval, Qc H7W 1S7. Phone: 450-686-4333. Email: info@agapeassociationinc.com. Web: https://agapeassociationinc.com.
STL whistleblower: Drivers have horrendous working conditions laced with abusive treatment and unbearable harassment by supervisors
STL and City officials: This is nonsense
Undoubtedly, urban bus drivers, including STL ones, confront some of the most demanding, stressful, and unhealthy conditions in the labour force, precipitating higher rates of mortality and morbidity, excessive absenteeism, and much[1]too-rapid turnover.
The daily grind of the work engenders emotional on-the-job exhaustion, which negatively impacts job-and-life-satisfaction, commitment-to-service-excellence, and mental health needed to perform competently, shift[1]upon-shift, day-after-day, week-after-week, year-in-year-out.
Echoes of stress
A veteran STL driver, speaking personally and for others, cited countless stressors of unreasonable-job-demands and lack-of-organ[1]izational-support, fuelling emotional fatigue. Psychologically harassed by STL supervisors, drivers regularly suffer loss of well-being.
“Bus drivers work under the most demand[1]ing, stressful, and unhealthy conditions,” the STL driver told The Laval News, under cover of anonymity for fear of disciplinary reprisals, sounding the alarm, adding that there have been three suicides within the last 2-5 years.
“Bus drivers encounter considerable occupa[1]tional hazards – traffic congestion, conflicts with passengers, rotating-shift-schedules, poor cabin ergonomics, and tight schedules. The work environment and job characteris[1]tics make drivers vulnerable to specific health problems, forcing early retirement traced to disability. Not only do they have to drive safely, they must simultaneously deliver satis[1]factory-customer-service, balance passen[1]ger-and-management requests, and strictly follow the rules-of-the-road. Hence, these heavy work-related expectations and requirements lead to burnout in too many cases…
“We stay because we need to put bread on the table, but the atmosphere is oppressive, toxic,” the driver summed up, adding that job-demands exceed the worker’s resources to cope with depersonalization, detachment from others, indifference-to-the-work, and reduced-professional-efficacy.
“Supervisors frequently evaluate our efforts in negative ways, power-playing to score points with management. Suspensions-without[1]pay come along with their negative wrongful reporting. It’s all one-sided,” The Laval News was told in an extensive telephone interview.
“Sadly, there’s “la culture du silence” within management; complaints are covered up.”
More support needed
Long hours and split-shift-work-schedules throw drivers into remote-working environ[1]ments and limited interaction with co-workers. It’s difficult for drivers to fulfill family roles, creating potential conflict between work and home. There must be more supportive job resources.
Management has to be more vigilant and proactive in providing physical and psycho[1]logical support, to help drivers achieve work goals, foster personal growth and develop[1]ment, and accordingly eliminate the negative physiological and psychological influences of job demands.
This, apparently, is not part of the STL’s mantra. “It appears that the corporation is not concerned or they don’t care,” said the driver. “The supervisors intimidate and harass us and should not hold those positions. One in particular should be fired if not in jail for maltreatment towards us. It is recommended to positively and fairly evaluate additional roles apart from safe-driving that drivers have to perform – ticket-checking, greeting passengers, or monitoring on-board-situations.”
Thus, according to the driver, the role of job resources in mitigating driver-burnout has been neglected, contributing to the drivers’ job-strain and associated outcomes such as the recent daycare tragedy. A driver’s job is crucial to overall life-satisfac[1]tion. Because work-life occupies most of drivers’ day-time, it implies that improving the work environment will enhance their well-being.
“It’s clear that the STL doesn’t care. It’s unbearable how drivers are treated. There’s no teamwork, no unity,” the anonymous source declared. To the contrary, according to the driver, there’s obstruction by management.
“One particular STL supervisor, who advises, defends, and supports drivers has been told to change reports to incriminate us, but refused. We’re not criminals, but we’re treated as such. A nightmare, enough to become crazy. “STL drivers suffer injustices from their super[1]visors, making them sad and depressed. Our spirit is destroyed,” the driver concluded.
Action Laval city councillor for Saint-Bruno David De Cotis.
A tragedy waiting to happen
“That driver had a very difficult route, 151. He’s also a victim. Was fine before going to work, no sign of anything. He was kind, respectful, married, two children, biked to work so that his wife could have the car. I guess he cracked,” stated his colleague.
According to David De Cotis, current Laval city coun[1]cillor and former president of the STL Board of Directors, 2014-2017, told The Laval News that it was affirmed by colleagues that the driver looked and behaved very normal before he left for his shift. No sign of distress.
“The driver didn’t become that way overnight. We need to know what provoked him. That’s still under investigation, we have no answers yet. And there are other negative aspects to the job, such as STL supervisors harassing bus drivers.” From the sentiments expressed by the anonymous source, it’s clear that the STL must take stock of the drivers’ perception of whether the bus company is concerned about them and cares about their welfare.
Closer attention must be paid to the concerns of these men and women whose rights as driv[1]ers, mothers and fathers, husbands and wives deserve respect; promoting these rights will produce beneficial effects in lessening emotional exhaustion and psychological break-down. Management must understand that drivers suffering higher levels of emotional exhaus[1]tion due to elevated in-job-demands will exhibit lower productivity and experience health-threatening psychological and physical discomfort.
Asked for comment by The Laval News on this real or imagined STL crisis, former STL President David De Cotis stated that there’s no accountability at the STL, there’s just a hiring spree in the offices wasting loads of money.
“They should be giving service to people getting on buses, more frequency of buses, more focus on transportation for students who work weekends. Focusing on electrical buses that are environmentally friendly won’t put more people on buses. STL looks for awards, for example, an innovative website. These awards won’t help people on the ground. More to the point – all this is done to the exclusion of caring for the needs of the central element in the process – the drivers.”
STL Union position
For his part, STL Union head Patrick Lafleur spared no words, about 6 months ago, in July of 2022, when he sounded the alarm about problems at the STL, exhorting elected officials to show that they really believe in the importance of public transit in Laval. “Investing in public transportation also means investing in its employees,” he stated.
De Cotis agreed. “The STL does not have a full-time psychologist for employees to seek help if in need.” I believe the STL should have psych[1]ological testing every 3-6 months and every driver should be evaluated. Anyone working on the front lines – drivers, police, fireman, etc. should be subject to mandatory psychological testing.” De Cotis said he intends to propose this at City Council in April.
City of Laval and STL position
What of the management’s point of view? “We listen to all employees and the working climate is important to us at the STL,” president Jocelyne Frederic-Gauthier told The Laval News, speaking through spokesperson Estelle Lacroix. “We are always open to hear[1]ing from employees, who would like to share their dissatis[1]faction with us, and we invite them to discuss this with their manager.”
Ville de Laval actively contributes to the public transit budget in Laval, mayor Boyer’s office told The Laval News. “However, the transfer is made through the Regional Metropolitan Transport Authority (ARTM). It is therefore not a direct transfer to the Transit Company. What we can tell you is that in 2023, the City of Laval paid $99,523,700 to the ARTM.”
Mayor Stéphane Boyer.
Asked if there had been any complaints about a negative atmosphere in the STL, from the drivers especially? “No complaint of this type came to our ears. However, this question should be asked of the STL to have a convincing overview of the situation.”
Specifically, have you had complaints that drivers are treated poorly by supervisors? – to which the identical answer was given. Will the mayor put in place a full[1]time psychologist, a matter of mental health?
“The mayor has mentioned on several occasions that he will ensure that all employees in need of psychological support following the tragedy at Sainte-Rose daycare will be able to benefit from it.
It should be noted, however, that it is not the mayor who sets up such a service and that the terms and conditions may vary, but the administration’s wish is clear: to take care of those who have been affected by the tragedy,” The Laval News was told.
Online info session on new Quebec language law on Wednesday March 8
The Task Force on Linguistic Policy is facing a challenge meeting a fundraising goal to contest Quebec’s Bill 96 in the Supreme Court of Canada, but hopes to make up the difference through new pledges.
“It’s been somewhat disappointing – we haven’t gotten the kind of response that we would have liked to have seen,” says Andrew Caddell, president of the task force.
The TFLP was set up in 2021 by a group of English-speaking Quebecers in response to the CAQ government’s Bill 96 and Bill C-13, the federal government’s revision of the Official Languages Act.
Bill C-13 by spring
Task Force on Linguistic Policy president Andrew Caddell says court challenges of Bill 96 “will be a long and fairly drawn-out battle.”
Bill 96 was passed into law by the Quebec National Assembly in June 2022, while it is expected Bill C-13 could be passed by the House of Commons in Ottawa by this spring. The TFLP hopes to represent English-speaking Quebecers who stand to be impacted by Bill 96, including:
General plaintiffs acting as public interest litigants on a constitutional question; businesspeople or corporations whose business and commercial affairs will be affected by Bill 96 and don’t have the capacity to comply with the new requirements for francization; businesses whose internal documents and software only use English and who would be liable to arbitrary search and seizure by the Office Québécois de la langue française.
The task force has chosen the Bergman law firm to act as its litigation counsel. The plan is to file a comprehensive lawsuit against Bill 96 in its entirety.
$100K needed, says Caddell
“We’re raised about $20,000 – which isn’t bad,” says Caddell. “But we need to raise about $100,000. And the only way we’re going to get that is if people understand that, you know, we can win. But this will be a long and fairly drawn-out battle.”
Among the Bill 96 cases the Task Force plans to contest before the courts, according to Caddell, are ones involving students impacted by new French language requirements at CEGEPS, recently-arrived Canadians who won’t be allowed to be served in English after six months, and people who do not have historic-Anglophone status, who won’t be entitled to service in English beginning in June, because even though they use English as their most frequently spoken language, their mother tongue is not English.
Preparation needed
Regarding the fundraising shortfall, Caddell said, “We’re really, really reaching out to say look, if we’re going to fight this law, which is going to explode on the English-speaking population of Quebec as of June 1, we have to be prepared for it, we have to be able to go to court.
“And although the notwithstanding clause is wrapped around this bill – well it is and it isn’t – the notwithstanding clause applies to only certain parts of the charter, it doesn’t apply to other parts of the charter or the constitution.” He maintains it only applies to sections 2 and sections 7 to 15 in the Canadian charter.
The rule of law
“So, for example, the right to have laws or information from the courts or from government provided to you in English, that’s in the constitution, that’s section 133. And therefore, that should be maintained. But this government doesn’t seem to think that the Canadian constitution either is worth much or exists, so we have to remind them of that.”
While Bill 96 was enacted by the National Assembly last year, provisions of the legislation are only being implemented gradually. “The way that the law was built was that there were certain parts of it which were going to come into effect on certain dates,” says Caddell.
‘this government doesn’t seem to think that the Canadian constitution either is worth much or exists’
“The law was passed a year ago, so that there are a couple of sections in the bill which say these sections will come into effect on a certain date within one year or two years of the passage of the signing into law of the bill.
Bill 96 info session March 8
“And in the meantime, public servants are drawing up regulations that will flow from those sections of the law. We don’t actually know what those regulations are going to be, because they won’t be published until such time as the new sections of the law will come into effect.”
Task force organizers will be holding an online legal info session on the Bill 96 issue with Bergman law firm associates on Wednesday March 8 from 7:30 to 9 pm. Registering for the event can be done on the the TFLP’s home page (https://protectourrights.ca).
The current issue of the Laval News, volume 31-05, published on March 8th, 2023. Covering Laval local news, politics, and sports. (Click on the image to read the paper.)
Front page of the Laval News, March 8th, 2023 issue.
Environment Canada issued a snowfall warning late Monday morning, indicating that a snowfall with an accumulation of 15 to 20 centimeters is expected in Laval and a wide area east and west of the Montreal region on Tuesday.
According to the federal weather service, snow will develop Tuesday morning and will persist through the evening.
There may be a significant impact on rush hour traffic in urban areas.
The agency suggests motorists should be prepared to adjust their driving with expected changing road conditions.
