Quebec government will push through Blainville toxic waste dump legislation

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 27, 2025 2:34 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

The Quebec authorities volition invoke closure and walk the measure expropriating onshore successful Blainville, Que., to grow a Stablex landfill, Radio-Canada has learned.

Despite opposition pushback this week, Premier François Legault has convened the assembly for an bonzer league starting astatine 5 p.m. connected Thursday to implicit the reappraisal process for Bill 93.

Stablex and the Coaltion Avenir Québec (CAQ) authorities person been locked successful a nationalist quality with the City of Blainville about expanding a installation that treats and buries toxic waste, contaminated ungraded and different hazardous materials northbound of Montreal.

Situated successful Blainville, the tract is the lone 1 of its benignant successful Quebec, and Stablex says if it doesn't commencement enactment connected the enlargement task adjacent month, it whitethorn person to suspend operations.

Opposition parties person been asking the Quebec authorities not to invoke closure connected Bill 93. The arguable portion of authorities volition unit the City of Blainville to merchantability a parcel of onshore to Stablex.

The enactment that represents municipalities successful the province, the Fédération des municipalités du Québec, and respective municipal councils person spoken retired against the measure arsenic they each assertion it is an onslaught connected municipal autonomy. 

Earlier this week, Québec Solidaire officials told the media it suspected that the Legault authorities intended to walk Bill 93 by invoking closure.

"I ne'er thought we were going to extremity this with the closure. This is unreal and anti-democratic," QS MNA Alejandra Zaga Mendez told reporters connected Wednesday.

Natural Resources Minister Maïté Blanchette Vézina, connected the different hand, urged absorption parties to enactment with the CAQ connected this one.

"This is an urgent concern that requires america to set quickly," she said Wednesday.

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