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Mohawk Nation and counties will meet

The Mohawk Council of Kanesatake asked for a meeting with UCPR council to talk about the project and its potential environ- mental impact on the Ottawa River. That meeting is scheduled now for May 10 in UCPR council chamber.

GREGG CHAMBERLAIN gregg.chamberlain@eap.on.ca

TheMohawk Nation and the United Coun- ties of Prescott-Russell council will meet to talk about a controversial cement plant project proposed for a site near the Village of L’Orignal in Champlain Township. “There is going to be an open public meeting with the Mohawk council,” said Stéphane Parisien, chief administrator for the United Counties of Prescott-Russell (UCPR), during the April 12 committee of the whole session. Last month the counties council received a letter from Serge Simon, current elected Grand Chief of theMohawk Council of Kane- satake.The community is located along the Ottawa River in Québec, downstream from Prescott-Russell. Chief Simon expressed objection to the cement plant project that ColacemCanada Inc. wants to build near L’Orignal in Cham- plain Township. The concern is that runoff from cement plant production into the Ot- tawa River could affect traditional native hunting and fishing habitats downstream and also impact some communities which may use the Ottawa River as their mainwater source. Currently, the proposed cement plant project is in limbo pending appeals to the Ontario Municipal Board (OMB) about an application by Colacem Canada for a rezo- ning amendment to the UCPR’s Official Plan.

Serge Simon, Grand Chief for theMohawk Council of Kanesatake, and his advisors will meet next month with the United Counties of Prescott-Russell council. Topic for discussion during the May 10 public meeting will be the controversial proposal of ColacemCanada Inc. to build a cement plant near the Village of L’Orignal. —photo archives

Serge Simon, grand chef du Conseil Mohawk de Kanesatake, et ses conseillers se réuniront le mois prochain avec les Comtés unis du conseil Prescott-Russell. Le sujet à discuter lors de la réunion publique du 10 mai sera la proposition controversée de Colacem Canada Inc. de construire une usine de ciment près du village de L’Orignal. —photo archives

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