Petition
Hello everyone
This is a personal petition from Jocelin Leblanc, friends and citizens who want to protect the Pentecôte River and Aux Rochers River against hydro electric projects, We plan to present this petition at the end of APRIL to.
Mr. Jean Charest, Prime Minister of Québec,
Mr. Claude Béchard, Minister of Natural Resources
Mme Line Beauchamp, Minister of Environment
Mme Laurence Méthot, Mayor of Port Cartier
We now need your help to collect signatures by the end of April. It’s urgent and very important!
How you can help:
1. Sign our online petition http://www.nsfa-adventures.com/PETITION_RIVIERE_PENTECOTE_RIVIERE_AUX_ROCHER_ENG.htm
2. Print the petition and pass it around! To download this petition click here
Don’t hesitate to ask your friends, colleagues and family to sign. The more, the better!
Then, send it/them ASAP to
Jocelin LeBlanc
1875 Jacques Cartier
Pointes Aux Anglais, Qc
G0H 1R0
Canada
Thanks and good petitioning!
This petition is to stop the planned construction of 2 hydro electric dams, one on the Aux Rochers river and the other on the Pentecôte river both rivers are located on the North Shore of Quebec.
This petition will help protect the right of the citizens of Port Cartier and Rivière Pentecôte who are against such a construction.
All the citizens of the City of Port Cartier including Rivière Pentecôte, Baies des Homards and Pointes Aux Anglais and all the friends of both atlantic salmon rivers want you to help them stop this environmental disaster.
Here are some important factors to retain
Both the Aux Rochers River and Pentecôte Rivers are listed as ATLANTIC SALMON RIVERS by the Quebec government.
The Aux Rochers River as an existing organization that puts its atlantic salmon in high importance and has been working since the 80's in protecting and improving salmon habitat. Today the Aux Rochers has a strong run of 1500 salmon compared to 100 in the late 70's The citizens of Riviere Pentecôte are also planning a similar program to help increase salmon population and improving salmon habitat. The projected increase of salmon in the Pentecôte river after implementing such a program will be 1600, today we have an average run of 400 salmon.
The Pentecôte River is the only atlantic salmon river that is not a ZEC or private club west of Sept iles. This river offers free fishing to all tourist and local anglers.
The city of Port Cartier and AXOR are planning a 33 MW hydro electric project on the Pentecôte River and the city of Port Cartier and Regional Power inc are also planning to build a 42 MW hydro electric on the Aux Rochers river, we all know that hydro electric dams and atlantic salmon are not compatible, that's why we are asking you to help us stop these projects.
On February 20 & 21 2009 the citizens of Rivière Pentecôte voted 61 % against the Pentecôte River project, this vote reflects that the citizens are not interested in such a project. The Mayor said publicly that she will not consider the vote and will go forward with the project anyway. This is a unacceptable and we ask you again to help us stop this nonsense once and for all
These are all the reasons that all the petitioners are demanding you to suspend both projects immediately and put a stop to all Hydro Electric project on the Aux Rochers river and Pentecôte River.
This list will be updated every night
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To download this petition click here
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