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Ouverture officielle du Groupe Godin à Lachute

Reflection instead of prayer at Hawkesbury council

DIANE HUNTER diane.hunter@eap.on.ca

Saguenay, Quebec. against the practice of municipal council sessions beginning with a 30-second prayer, the Supreme Court of Canada issued a ruling against the practice. “The words had to be changed because of the new law,” explained Portelance. “Instead of prayer, it’s now called reflection.” Mayor Jeanne Charlebois noted that there is no specific mention of God in the prayer and she does not believe it goes against the Supreme Court’s ruling argument. The battle began when Alain Simoneau, a Saguenay resident, initiated the case with a complaint against themayor and council- lors’ prayer in public at the council meetings. The case continued on to the Supreme Court of Canada where a ruling stated that elec- ted officials do not have the right to recite prayers at municipal council meetings.

The Hawkesbury municipal council mee- ting began as usual this week, with a 30 second prayer, now being called reflec- tion, following the April 15 ruling of the Supreme Court of Canada against prayer at the municipal sessions. Councilor Joanne Portelance, along with other council members and Hawkesbury mayor Jeanne Charlebois, took half aminute to reflect, before beginning the council mee- ting, onMay 25. “Our prayer does not include the word God,” said Portelance. “It is really a reflection. We can still do the sign of the cross and say amen. I am religious, and I’m going to continue to do the sign of the cross.” After an eight-year battle that began in

Le Groupe Godin a officiellement ouvert son cinquième centre de rénovation (sous la bannière Castle) le 24 mai dernier, à Lachute. La famille Godin a acquis l’ancien Matériaux à Bas Prix en novembre 2014 et d’importants changements et rénovations y ont été effectués. L’ancien magasin a été démoli et un autre a été construit à l’intérieur de l’entrepôt de 42 000 pieds carrés. De nombreux employés des quatre autres succursales de Groupe Godin, ainsi que plusieurs fournisseurs, ont assisté à l’événement. Ci-dessus, Joel Godin, Jérôme Godin, le maire de Lachute, Carl Péloquin, Nathalie Godin, Denis Godin, Gérard Godin, Marc Godin et le directeur du développement chez Castle, Robert Legault.

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