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Bill 10 impacti ng service at Cité de la Santé, claims CSQ
Nurses’ union claims decline setting in since health reform
MARTIN C. BARRY
More than a year into the Quebec Liberal
government’s program of drastic budget cuts,
and with two years to go until the next Quebec
provincial election, what’s the prognosis on the
state of health care at Laval’s Cité de la Santé
general hospital?
No improvement, says union
Prognosis poor, says CSQ
The question was raised by Centrale des
syndicats du Québec president Louise Chabot
who was at Cité de la Santé hospital last week
to show support for the CSQ nurses, auxiliary
nurses and inhalotherapist union local’s list of
grievances compiled since the implementation
of Bill 10 last year which overhauled the province’s health and social services sector.
“Within the health and social services
network, we are asking ourselves who is going to
stop Minister Barrette,” she told a press conference in the Cité de la Santé auditorium, referring to the Liberal health and social services
minister. “One thing for certain is that it would
take a new vision of how to see the development
of the health and social services network.
‘Top-down’ approach
denounced
“What’s deplorable about this government is
that it was elected with a majority, but because
it was elected with a majority it undertook a vast
reform,” she continued. “This is not minor as a
reform what’s going on in the health and social
services network.
“But they’re doing it with a top-down
approach, to use a non-French expression,
to be actively part of this big reform that’s being
proposed in an area as crucial as health.”
CSQ president Louise Chabot, left, and SIIIAL-CSQ chapter president Isabelle Dumaine
outlined problems at Cité de la Santé they claim result from the Quebec government’s
Bill 10 during a press conference at the hospital last week.
‘Within the health and social services network, we
are asking ourselves who is going to stop Minister
Barrette,’
says CSQ president Louise Chabot
which does not take into account the reality of
the environment, does not take into account
the majority of the personnel who are dealing
daily with patients, and they [the government]
decide it’s like that when we can see it’s not
working. That’s what we are claiming against the
government – that we have the right as citizens,
that we have right as employees in the system
Isabelle Dumaine, president of the local
union chapter, maintained that Bill 10 hasn’t
made the least positive impact on health and
social services. “Minister Barrette promised that
his reform would contribute to improving the
quality and security of care while encouraging
better access to services to the population,” she
said. “A year later, we see quite the opposite
that the reorganization that’s underway has
not prevented the deterioration of services and
working conditions of staff.”
She maintained that Cité de la Santé’s emergency department is suffering particularly. “At
the emergency at Cité de la Santé traffic has
increased significantly during the year without
any resources being added,” she said. “Patients
who’ve already been assessed, who might be in
precarious or crisis situations, find themselves
for abnormally long periods of time in the waiting room, despite the risks to their health and
security and others.”
Budget cut impact
The CSQ maintains that in Cité de la Santé’s
surgical units, management has had to introduce new strategies, not with an eye to improving quality, but to satisfy the government’s strict
budget needs. They say that rooms with four
beds have not had an additional cot added. As
well, they claim that final medical examinations
for patients being discharged have to take place
in corridors without privacy because there’s no
room anywhere else.
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• The Laval News • MAY 14, 2016
GOOD TASTE. NO WASTE
‘City releases ENAP report detailing new structure
Document describes major municipal reorganization
MARTIN C. BARRY
The administrative reorganization that the
City of Laval went through in the past two years
to get rid of the aura of corruption may well
serve as an example to be emulated by other
cities facing similar circumstances, says the lead
author of a report on the reorganization process
which was tabled at Laval city hall this week.
Reorganization research
In November 2014, a year after the election
that brought the current mayor and council to
power, replacing the former administration of
disgraced mayor Gilles Vaillancourt, the City
of Laval signed an agreement with the École
nationale d’administration publique (ENAP)
for the completion of a research project on
the reorganization of the city’s services and
departments.
On May 9, the resulting report was released.
It contains a detailed vision of planning for the
City of Laval’s municipal bureaucracy based on
the lessons learned from the previous system
where missing safeguards are believed to have
contributed to the proliferation of corruption
over nearly two decades.
Recognition coming, says
mayor
“Our major improvements on issues of
governance are starting to be known and recognized,” Mayor Marc Demers, accompanied by
city manager Serge Lamontagne and ENAP
executive-director Nelson Michaud, told journalists. Demers noted that he was about to leave
for a conference of Transparency International
Canada taking place in Toronto where he would
be speaking about the many measures the City
of Laval took to weed out collusion and corruption over the past few years.
“Inspired by best practices in management,
this major reorganization of the Laval administration can from here on in be considered as
a powerful tool for change and mobilization,
an experience to learn from,” said Michaud.
The report provides the City of Laval with a
strategic vision for internal operations spanning
the next 20 years. Part of the structural overhaul
includes several new tools for overseeing ethical
practices within the municipal administration.
Restoring good governance
“The profound reorganization of our muni-
cipal administration is based on principles for
healthy governance whose goal is to restore
confidence to the citizens and employees,” said
city manager Lamontagne. “Our decisions are
inspired by best practices, from the collective
interest and have as their goal to turn Laval into
a dynamic and transparent city.”
Researching and compiling the report
required the participation of members of the
Laval municipal administration, 10 faculty
members at ENAP, 16 employees from various
departments in the City of Laval administration
and the cooperation of two more departments.
In all, more than 100 employees and managers
helped to complete the project.
Laval surges back
Demers suggested that the experience the
City of Laval has undergone has re-energized it
and provides an example of how a municipality
that was perceived as being on its last legs can
come back. “Cities must reinvent themselves,”
he said. “Laval is filled with opportunities to
become a model city where it’s good to live,
work, study and relax. By determining the challenges we face, this strategic plan will allow us
to set new orientations, to define our values, to
set our priorities and finally to determine our
future actions.”
From the left ENAP executive-director Nelson Michaud, Laval mayor Marc Demers, and
Laval city manager Serge Lamontagne at city hall earlier this week for the release of the
administration’s reorganization strategic plan.
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‘Our budget predictions were right on,’ says Mayor Marc Demers
(TLN) According to details of the City of Laval’s consolidated financial statements for the fiscal year 2015 released this week, the city is
posting a 3.9 per cent surplus – approximately $30.6 million – in its
operating budget.
“We had set a maximum spending target of $784.5 million in conform-
ity with the adopted budget and we stayed within the limits of this
envelope by releasing a slight surplus,” said Mayor Marc Demers. “Our
budget predictions were right on and our finances remained under
control.”
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Around a third of this surplus will be devoted to the repair of
infrastructures.
Around two-thirds of this surplus will go towards financing new
major projects.
Laval officials say the city has been equiping itself for the past two
years with new tools to ensure rigorous management of public funds.
They say a new mechanism was recently put in place, the policy for
contract management, to encourage more transparency, especially
with regards to outsourced contracts. “The city is organizing so as to
be able to offer its citizens quality services at reasonable cost based
on their capacity to pay,” said Demers.
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Opinion & Editorial
Could a Fort McMurray-type inferno also happen here?
With the City of Laval set to host the
2016 Canadian Urban Forest Conference in
September, one of the topics that’s bound
to come up and perhaps even gain some
importance at the gathering a few months
from now is the calamitous wildfire that has
decimated the northern Albertan community
of Fort McMurray.
While Fort McMurray was ripe for a
conflagration like this given the fact it is
surrounded by dense boreal forest with many
volatile coniferous trees such as pines and
spruces, a disaster like this draws attention
to the fact that forests in urbanized areas
engender unique hazards that can seriously
endanger the entire population of a town
or city.
Taking into account the example of Fort
McMurray, the idea of integrating a city
into the natural environment surrounding it
doesn’t seem half so appealing now that some
of the risks and consequences that come with
this idyllic vision have been graphically and
tragically illustrated by what has happened
in Alberta.
According to a 2010 B.C. government
guide on urban forests and climate adaptation, “wildfires are a growing concern in
many interior communities” of B.C., especially with the impact of certain parasite
insects which are killing trees in record
numbers and leaving behind standing dead
wood that creates an extremely elevated risk
for wildfire outbreaks.
The document recommends choosing ‘fire
smart’ trees and landscaping. In fire-prone
areas, deciduous trees may be a better choice
near buildings – as coniferous trees are more
volatile and have the greatest potential to
produce high intensity fires. The report also
recommends maintaining safe distances
between trees and houses, while avoiding
the creation of new ”satellite” subdivisions
that project into forested areas.
Another report prepared three years
ago for the Halifax Regional Municipality,
which oversees one of Canada’s largest urban
woodlands in the Acadian Forest Region, says
“urban managers must balance trade-offs
between benefits from urban forests and the
wildfire hazard associated with peri-urban
forests.”
The report goes on to note that while
urban forests provide economic, ecosystem
Quebec Liberals should be careful what they wish for
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f the resignation last week of Parti
Québécois leader Pierre Karl Péladeau
can be seen as the fulfillment of one
of the Liberal government’s unstated
but nonetheless fairly obvious desires, it
should perhaps also be taken in light of that
old saying, ‘Be careful what you wish for.’
The departure of Péladeau after less than
a year of leading the PQ leaves his party in
an even more weakened position than it
was in after the September 2014 provincial
election when PQ Premier Pauline Marois’
government was defeated and the current
Liberal government won a lasting majority.
As the CBC noted in a published report
on the day Péladeau announced his decision earlier this month, “Despite a series of
recent setbacks and allegations of corruption against the ruling Quebec Liberals,
Péladeau’s PQ had failed to gain traction
in the polls.”
Indeed, up to now things have gone quite
smoothly for Liberal Premier Philippe
Couillard, taking into account some alternative scenarios that could forseeably have
ended up compromising his leadership and
the Liberals’ fortunes.
Couillard won the Liberal leadership in
March 2013, in spite of accusations made
during the leadership debate by fellow
leadership candidate Raymond Bachand
who associated Couillard with former
MUHC executive-director Arthur Porter
who was under suspicion for fraud.
For the record, Couillard came clean in
admitting that he briefly knew Porter when
the latter offered him a short-lived business
deal that never blossomed. All the same, the
brush with Porter said something about the
character of Couillard (an eminent member
of the medical profession), by revealing him
to be within the camp of doctors who have a
tendency to have entrepreneurial and profit-seeking motives.
Whatever Porter might have said in his
own defence – and there’s little doubt he
would have had lots to say had he been
successfully extradited to Canada – the
threat posed by any sort of guilt by association that Porter might have attempted to
use ended when he died of cancer while in
custody in Panama. And so, too, ended the
innuendo involving Couillard.
Regarding Péladeau, it might seem to
some a little hard to believe that more
than a year ago, in the speculative buildup
leading towards the Québecor CEO’s
announcement he would be seeking the
PQ leadership, that there was great anticipation over whether PKP’s as yet unmeasured
charismatic glow might be the catalyst for
a PKP-mania that might reanimate the PQ
and resuscitate the all-but-dead Quebec
sovereignty movement.
We know differently now, and Premier
Philippe Couillard is no doubt breathing a
sigh of relief while preparing for the next
challenge lying almost certainly just around
the corner. But while remembering what
we’ve said about being careful what you
wish for – and taking into account that
Pierre Karl Péladeau’s departure appears
to leave the Liberals stronger than ever just
two years before Quebecers go once again
to the polls – the Liberals will have to be
extra careful not to become overconfident.
In that context, they will have to remember that the chemistry involving a seemingly unassailable government, in context
with a weak and ineffective opposition, can
sometimes produce politically toxic results
if a serious indiscretion or oversight on the
part of the government leads towards its
downfall and its impending replacement
by a weak alternative that was inadvertently
strengthened by the rival’s mistakes.
In such a scenario, voters will often refuse
to support good values even when they’re
the right choice, but are represented by a
party that’s been fatally tainted. It’s from
such things – especially in the volatile political climate we live in today – that sudden
downturns and drastic reversals of fortune
come about.
– Martin C. Barry –
and social benefits and can reduce cooling
costs, cut noise, filter water and air, while
protecting human health and mental well
being, “wildfire hazard in peri-urban areas
is elevated by the presence of trees,” with
risks of property loss, infrastructure damage,
insurance payouts and potential loss of life.
It also says that “at present, WUI wildfire
risk is high, and modeling suggests that the
severity of climate conditions for wildfire will
increase in the future.”
Although the fires in Fort McMurray are
expected to continue burning for weeks and
the toll in human suffering is bound to be
felt for years and possibly decades, environmentalists were already taking advantage
of the disaster last week to promote what
they believe is a link to global warming and
climate change. Elizabeth May, leader of the
federal Green Party, went on record to say
climate change was partly to blame, immediately touching off a debate as to whether it
was appropriate to contextualize the current
disaster.
While a number of experts have agreed
that climate change is aggravating an ongoing
problem of more intense wildfires, they
warned against drawing direct causal links
to Fort McMurray. But one thing they were
united on is that global temperatures have
increased as a result of greater greenhouse
gas emissions, resulting in drier forests that
are more susceptible to burning.
In the Greater Montreal region, there are
some communities which may find themselves drawing lessons, or their leadership
may be pausing a moment to rethink their
public safety strategy, taking into account
the unfortunate circumstances in Fort
McMurray.
For example, the Town of Rosemère
on Montreal’s North Shore seems fairly
obviously to be in a category of higher wildfire risk in that the urban landscape closely
integrates residential properties into some
fairly dense forested areas.
A great irony in this context is that
Rosemère recently decided for financial
reasons to abolish its fire department,
although town officials have given their assurances that the level of safety will be maintained by the fire department of neighbouring
Blainville for a much lesser cost.
– Martin C. Barry –
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Laval and CISSS working
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social services
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CISSS president and assistant executive-director Danièle Dulude is optimistic that the new working relationship
with the City of Laval will contribute to
the formulation of new health and social
services ideas.
Laval city councillor for Laval-les-Îles
Nicholas Borne addresses more than 100
health and social services professionals
at the Pavillon du Bois-Papineau in Duvernay for a half-day conference to exchange views on working more closely
with the city from now on.
MARTIN C. BARRY
With the demise of certain elements of the
City of Laval’s administrative tools, including
the former Conseil régional des élus de Laval
(CRÉ), the city is developing new interfaces for
the oversight of health and social services on its
territory in conjunction with the CISSS health
and social services agency.
In one of the first actions taken last week
signalling the beginning of a new relationship
between the city and the CISSS, the representatives of more than 20 health and social
service organizations that serve the Laval region
met with city officials at the Pavillon du BoisPapineau in Duvernay for a half-day conference
to exchange views on working more closely
together from now on.
A new relationship
New responsibility for city
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Developing social policy
“I believe firmly that the participation of
the largest number of people possible and the
possibility of listening to points of view will be
such that ideas will come out of this and this
will be an essential factor for the success of this
project,” Dulude added later in a speech to the
group leaders.
“Being committed to social development
means working to support communities in
order to improve living conditions of the most
vulnerable, thus contributing to improving the
quality of life of everyone,” she continued. “This
is an all important factor for prevention for all
physical health problems as well as those that
are psychological and developmental in people.
“We need to develop our people. Our literature and research tell is it is essential. If we are
here as the CISSS, it’s because we believe it
sincerely. By gathering our preoccupations
around four themes, we will be putting into
place stimulating projects which are sure to
have an impact on all our citizens of Laval all
over the city. We want to make a project that’s
innovative and we would like to be ahead of the
game with this project.”
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In a statement issued in a press release, Mayor
Marc Demers said that since work previously
done by the semi-autonomous Conférence des
élus de Laval is now part of the City of Laval’s
internal systems, “we have been working to
revise our ways of making things more dynamic
while working more closely together. We are
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“This is the beginning of a coming effort to
work out a regional policy for social development,” said Laval city councillor for Laval-Les
Îles Nicholas Borne who was representing
Mayor Marc Demers. “This is something rather
unique. To our knowledge it’s never been done
elsewhere in Quebec. It’s done in collaboration
with the CISSS as well as with the many health
and social services organizations who are represented by more than 100 people here today.”
When asked what the city hopes to achieve
through the new relationship, Borne replied,
“Basically we want to work with them at the
local level. We think that through coordination
we should be able to develop a consistent policy.
We want all of them to contribute along with
their strength and their resources to help us
develop policy as much as possible. Policy will
be developed in conjunction with them, but
we need their assistance to get things started.”
determined to take on these new responsibilities and we believe that the most efficient way
to get there is to work in concert with our partners in the field.”
For her part, Danièle Dulude, president and
assistant executive-director of the CISSS de
Laval, said, “By its mission and its responsibility
towards the population, the CISSS is committed along with the City of Laval to meeting the
challenge of creating an environment favourable to the health of youths, families and senior
citizens.”
According to the city and the CISSS, a steering committee made up of 20 representatives
of institutions and organizations from Laval,
including nine representatives who were elected
during a start-up meeting, as well as three
co-opted members, will be hammering out an
understanding for the eventual development
of a detailed policy.
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Planting trees in Fabreville
The Executive Committee has granted
the nonprofit corporation PlantAction $
12,500 for the purchase of 250 trees and the
additional sum of $ 3 800 for the provision
of planting materials, for a total of 16 300
$. Launched in 2012, PlantAction aims to
educate residents about the importance of
planting trees to beautify the landscape,
encourage individual eco-citizenship and
increase the natural urban canopy to
counter heat islands on residential streets.
The primary objective is to promote a
healthy urban lifestyle respectful of the
natural environment.
With these goals in mind PlantAction will
plant 250 trees in Fabreville 125 of which
will be planted in the spring of 2016 and the
same number in autumn 2016. “Planting
trees is one of the actions we value and
encourage and integrate perfectly with
our strategic vision of Laval. It is therefore
natural for us to support PlantAction, which
is dedicated to increasing the green cover
of Laval and improving the ecology for the
citizens, “argued the mayor, Marc Demers.
Planting of trees in other sectors will be
tabled in the future as the administration
considers this to be a priority in developing
an ecologically friendly environment for
its citizens.
Municipal Grants for local
recreation committees
The Executive Committee has authorized the issuing of grants totaling $19,398
which are earmarked for seven local recreational organizations. These organizations
provided diverse service and programs
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in the fall of 2015 which benefited Laval
youth. Laval’s financial assistance program
for leisure and community life services
offered by recognized and accredited
organizations provides municipal funding of about $ 6 per participant for 17
year olds and under youth per session
and a maximum of two times per year.
The name of the organizations benefiting
from these grants include; Recreation
Duvernay Saint Vincent serving 485
members will receive $2,910, Laval West
Recreation serving 587 youth receives $3,522,
Loisibourg with 422 participants is given $2,532, Sainte-Dorothée Recreation with
795 inscriptions will benefit to the tune of
$4,770, Residents Association Champfleury
serving 182 receives $1,092, Recreation
Saint-Bruno Laval serving 324 members
gets $1,944 and Saint-Elzéar Entertainment
which signed up 438 members collects
$2,628.
Repair of tennis and basketball court surfaces
The Executive Committee authorized the
the publication of a tender for the repair of
tennis and basketball court surfaces in various city parks. An assessment is underway
to determine which areas will be the subject
of work. Normally the bids for repair and
resurfacing of playing surfaces depend on
materials and the surface area involved and
is charged a fee per square foot.
Hiking and cycle path OkaMont-Saint-Hilair
The executive is preparing to issue a
public tender for the development and
construction of sections of the hiking
and cycling trail joining the Oka-MontSaint-Hilaire region of the Montreal
Metropolitan Community (CMM) green
path that passes through Laval. The project
receives two thirds of its funding from the
Montreal Metropolitan Community and
the Quebec government. The initial estimate of $976,000 is part of Laval’s Three
year Infrastructure program for active and
sustainable mobility whose global budget
for 2016 is approximately $28 million.
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The Department of Culture, Recreation
and Sport and Social Development has been
mandated by the Executive Committee to
develop conventions with the Secretariat
for the condition of Women to help guide
the training of municipal workers and staff
of municipal partners addressing gender
equality issues in the workplace. It is hoped
that by better understanding the issues
affecting the equality between women
and men strategies and protocols can be
developed that will promote a greater inclusion of women in the workplace. Also the
administration would profit from a renewed
perspective in guiding its choices and action
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Laval’s main transit authority, the Société
de Transport de Laval, plans to implement a
series of Preferential Measures for Buses to
significantly speed up public transit thanks
to a $23.5 million subsidy from the Quebec
government that was announced earlier this
week at STL headquarters.
Priority traffic lights
One of the most important measures, costing
around $3 million, will be the installation of a
priority traffic light system in various areas in
Laval served by the STL. In all, special priority lights will be installed at 104 intersections
throughout Laval. The money is being available
through a provincial government fund set up
specifically for the promotion and development
of public in Quebec.
The computerized and centralized system
will coordinate and grant priority to STL buses
in traffic, taking into account, for example,
which buses are more crowded than others and
therefore better suited for priority to proceed
to destination. According to the transit agency,
the system should cut an average five minutes
from the current scheduled transit times on
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thank the government of Quebec for accompanying us with this,” he said.
“This commitment by Quebec will allow the
STL to improve its service through traditional
means such as the addition of reserved lanes,
priority lights and outer lanes,” said STL board
president David De Cotis, who is also vice-president of the executive-committee of the City of
Laval. “Once again we are bringing in technological innovations of the first order with intelligent communication between our buses
through special traffic lights to achieve more
fluid circulation, better access and more punctuality,” De Cotis added.
Laval mayor Marc Demers, Mille-Îles Liberal MNA Francine Charbonneau, city executive-committee vice-president David De Cotis, four of Laval’s Liberal MNAs and STL officials are seen here in a photo taken at STL headquarters earlier this week following Quebec’s announcement.
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The STL also has plans with the money
from Quebec to implement a half-dozen new
reserved bus lanes along major thoroughfares,
including Le Corbusier Blvd. north and south
(between Albert-Duquesne and Souvenir and
between Autoroute 440 and Dagenais), Curé
Labelle Blvd. (between Saint-Martin and SaintRose), around the Le Carrefour terminus (near
Daniel-Johnson and Le Carrefour as well as
at Terry-Fox Ave.), at the approaches to the
Lachapelle Bridge in Chomedey, and along
des Laurentides Blvd. near the STL’s Cartier
terminus.
“The implementation of these preferential
measures answers not only to the needs of the
STL and its clientele, but also reflects the will of
our government to bet on public transit in order
to reduce greenhouse gases and road congestion,” said Mille-Îles Liberal MNA Francine
Charbonneau, the Minister Responsible for
Laval, who was speaking on behalf of Quebec
Transport Minister Jacques Daoust.
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“In this way traffic will grow lighter while our
environmental footprint grows smaller. Laval
will then truly be a city that’s urban in nature,
just as its citizens wish.” According to Demers,
the City of Laval will be spending an additional
$15.3 million of its own for the projects. “We
WHEN:
“This financial assistance of nearly $24
million is a concrete example of the action
being taken by our government to support our
partners in their measures aiming to maintain
and to improve their public transit services,”
the transport minister said in a statement. “In
addition to allowing users of the Laval public
transit system to benefit from more efficient
services, these preferential measures for buses
support sustainable mobility and they must be
encouraged,” he added.
Mayor Marc Demers pointed out that Laval
residents have been getting more and more
used to using public transit in recent years. “A
service that’s even more reliable, more efficient
and faster will convert even more motorists into
clients for our transit agency,” he said.
“More service and better service – another
example of our sens commun.”
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to realize its objective of promoting a
gender equal working environment.
Internship in Laval Fire
Stations
On May 20th twelve students from the
Commission scolaire de Laval have been
authorized to participate in an unpaid
internship stage to observe the staff of
Laval’s Fire Department. Students benefit
from first hand experiences and contacts
when they are allowed to interact and
observe professionals in their habitual work
environments.
Public security services
upgrade of radio communication systems
Laval’s executive committee has authorized its purchasing service to tender an offer
for public bidding for the purchase of a new
radio communication system P25 for its
public security services, police and fire
departments.
Project 25 (P25) radios are designed
specifically for a suite of digital radio
features that are used by federal, provincial, and local government public safety
organizations. The main function of P25
radios is to allow various organizations and
teams to communicate during emergency
or mutual aid situations. The upgraded
system will allow a quick integration into
the communication networks already in use
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The executive has tabled a first notice of
intent to present a project to purchase or
expropriate the lots needed to complete
the passage of des Jacinthes street in St.
Dorothee. An initial sum of $293,000 has
been set aside for this purpose.
The monies will come from the $25
million budget set aside in 2016 for the
purposes of acquisitions for the development of infrastructures.
THE MAYOR
OF LAVAL’S COLUMN
Reimbursing Laval Residents
Many residents wonder whether Laval may really one day recover the millions of dollars that
were misappropriated and never deposited into
its coffers. I firmly believe the answer is “yes”.
It takes long-term work requiring determination, and we have it… In fact, this work has
already begun.
We already sent a formal demand to dozens
of people and companies to reimburse what
Laval overpaid them over the years. That’s a
first step.
Legal action with millions of dollars at stake
has moreover been formally taken against one
of those companies.
Even more important, Laval has closely participated in preparing Bill 26 and its reimbursement program.
Reimbursement program
This reimbursement program is administered
by the Québec government. It includes public
agencies and municipalities. Companies that
are willing to do so may submit a reimbursement proposal with regard to the amounts of
money that the cities overpaid them. These
amounts are estimated at 20% of the contracts involved. This offer expires on October
31, after which legal action may be taken.
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security organizations. Also the portable
radios will help rapidly locate staff in situations of distress and high stress.
This new upgraded system will also
create a safer working environment for
first respondents in emergencies due to a
greater battery life as well as a clearer and
stronger transmission and reception of the
radio signals. This is especially important
in fire situations where personal is wearing
their respiratory gear.
Motorola has taken a leadership role with
P25 radios, offering innovative features
such as IMPRES batteries, dual band
radios, fully integrated touch screens, and
industry-leading audio suppression that
enable critical messages to be transmitted
successfully.
In September of 2015 Industry Canada
has given the city administration 18 months
to upgrade their existing radio communication system EDACS P16 after which they
could not guarantee the maintenance and
quality control of this system.
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This program includes a confidentiality
clause that prevents me from revealing
the details; however, I can say that several
companies have expressed their intention
to reach an agreement with Laval and
other public agencies.
Contract management policy
A number of residents also wonder
whether the City is still dealing with
companies that have abused its trust. In
fact, Laval’s new contract management
policy excludes all companies being
sued by the City following allegations of
collusion and corruption. Besides, anyone
found guilty of a criminal charge in this
regard will be prohibited from entering
into any contracts with the City. With
this policy, we are making sure that the
offending companies are banned.
What will all these measures do for
Laval residents? On the one hand,
justice will be done. Those who have
unlawfully profited at taxpayers’ expense
will be reimbursing at least part of the
money that was misappropriated. And
this collection operation will send a
warning signal to others that might be
tempted by all-too-easily-gotten gains.
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Remembering the Genocides
More than 10,000 people marched in Montreal on May 8
in honour of victims of all genocides of the 20th century. The
March for Humanity and Prevention of Genocide (M4H) as
held to raise awareness and prevent such atrocities from taking
place again in the future.
“One hundred and one years after the Armenian Genocide, we
continue to witness horrors around the world. Today, thousands
march to raise awareness on the genocides and crimes against
humanity of the 20th century,” declared Hrag Jinjian, Chair of the
Armenian Genocide Commemoration Committee of Quebec. “It
is our duty, as victims but also that of every Quebecer, to fight
denial, fight indifference, and force governments into action
where help is needed.”
The M4H began at Cabot Square with participants walking
towards the Quartier des Spectacles along Sainte-Catherine
Street. Among the many participants attending were political figures, including Honourable Mélanie Joly, Minister of
Canadian Heritage, Christine St-Pierre, Quebec Minister of
International Relations and La Francophonie, and former
Minister of Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism
and Minister of Defense, Honourable Jason Kenney as well as
ambassadors, foreign diplomats as well as representatives of
Montreal and Laval mayors.
This year event was organized in collaboration with MIGS
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AGAR (Alliance for Genocide Awareness and Remembrance),
CIJA (Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs) and Amnesty
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Office’s workload is steadily increasing as citizen awareness grows
MARTIN C. BARRY
In just its second year since becoming fully
independent, the City of Laval’s ombudsman’s
office is arbitrating more cases than ever – twice
as many as last year, in fact – according to the
latest ombudsman’s report.
Being taken seriously
Ombudsman Nadine Mailloux tabled her
latest annual report during Laval city council’s
May 3 public meeting. The report was also
presented to journalists the following day at
the ombudsman’s office less than a block away
in an office tower on Chomedey Blvd.
“I am very pleased to see that the great
majority of the recommendations made to the
municipal administration have been realized
or are about to be,” she said.
“I can see that the municipal services have
been dealing with dossiers coming from the
Ombudsman’s Office with more collaboration,
and this to the benefit of the citizen.”
Some key dossiers
Her latest report presents examples of
enquiries made by the ombudsman’s office with
regard to delays in city departments in dealing
with dossiers, on information given to bidders
following public notices for municipal offers, on
property reserves for parks and green spaces, as
well as one situation in particular involving the
addition of a second storey at a Laval residence.
Commenting on areas where there might be
improvements, Mailloux said, “It is fundamentally important to make detailed follow-ups
with citizens who have dossiers which are open.
They must be called and kept informed of
the progress of their dossiers. This generally
develops a greater sense of more openness and
flexibility on the part of citizens, even if the
answers are not always positive ones.”
Number of dossiers higher
In all, according to the ombudsman’s office,
a total of 309 dossiers were dealt with in 2015.
Of that number, 90 per cent were dealt with
within 30 days, including 56 per cent which took
five days or less. The total number of dossiers
in 2015 was more than double the number in
2014 when the ombudsman’s office dealt with
166 dossiers.
Laval’s public works and urban planning
departments drew the largest number of
complaints at 41 per cent.
The Laval ombudsman office’s 2015 annual
report is available at
www.ombudsmanlaval.com.
The ombudsman’s office can also be reached
for complaints or comments by voice
at (450) 978-3699
or by fax at (450) 680-2865 \
or by e-mail at ombudsman@ville.laval.qc.ca.
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has fulfilled a
promise to double summer jobs for students.
“Doubling the funding allocated to the
Canada Summer Jobs 2016 program, increases
financial aid for students by allowing them to
acquire skills and experience to better position
themselves on the job market,” Iacono said in a
statement this week.
According to Iacono, the Canada Summer
Jobs program is an initiative that focuses on
local priorities, helping businesses and organisations to create employment opportunities for
students between the ages of 15 and 30. He said
it has allowed 120 students to find employment
within 50 businesses and organisations in the
riding of Alfred-Pellan this year.
“I am very happy to announce the creation of
120 youth jobs within 50 businesses and organisations in the riding of Alfred-Pellan,” added
Iacono. “I will take this opportunity this summer
to meet with these businesses and organisations
to better assess their needs and reflect on how
to better serve, together, the interests of the
community.”
Iacono said he invites constituents to visit
www.servicecanada.gc.ca to get more information of the program. He said he hopes that
more and more businesses, organisations and
youths will turn to the program and make use
of it. “Our government puts families and youth
at the heart of its policies and understands that
an investment in our youth is an investment in
our future,” said Iacono.
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“I and my colleagues are very happy to make
this announcement,” said Mille-Îles Liberal
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“The Carrefour jeunesse-emploi de Laval is
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(TLN) The Quebec Liberal government has
announced it has reached an agreement with the
network of youth employment centres across
the province which will be receiving more than
$45.7 million over the next three years to carry
out their work.
The agreement provides support to the
Carrefours jeunesse-emploi (CJE) which provide
job assistance to persons younger than 35 years
old, as well as youths collecting employment
insurance or who are participating in special
Nadine Mailloux, the City of Laval’s ombudsman, is dealing with a heavier workload year by year, according to her 2015
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Sylvain Cossette performed for an
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appreciative crowd
Ninety-one-year-old Thérèse Latour of
Chomedey who won a Hosia demonstrated that there’s no age limit for serving as
a volunteer.
MARTIN C. BARRY
On May 4 in the Salle André-Mathieu, the
City of Laval held its 2016 ‘Hommage aux
Bénévoles’ volunteer recognition gala.
Every spring, the city in conjunction with
the Caisses Desjardins de Laval recognizes
the volunteer work of more than 100 people
Left, Caisse de Chomedey chairman Daniel
Rousseau, award recipient Hector Perrin
who won in the outdoor volunteer activity
category, and Laval executive-committee
vice-president David De Cotis.
working within non-profit organizations in
Laval who distinguished themselves during
the previous year.
Spotlight on volunteers
Laval Marc Demers and Stéphane Corbeil
from the Caisse Desjardins du Nord de Laval,
who co-presided the event, were on hand to
acknowledge the exceptional contributions
of dozens of volunteers and organizations
on whom a spotlight was shone.
A special jury composed of eight persons
(including previous winners as well as employees of the city) and presided by Jacinthe
Godmer, president and executive-director
of the Caisse Desjardins de l’Ouest de Laval,
had the difficult task of choosing this year’s
winners from all the candidacies submitted.
The handcrafted Hosia
The winners received the Hosia Award, a
handmade art work created by Laval artists
Serge Roy and Gregory Schlybeurt. “You
know, probably one of the nicest things about
being mayor is being able to attend the Hosia
Awards each year,” Demers said in an address
at the start of the evening.
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A highlight of the evening was a two-part
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Jean-Yves Duclos and Nicholas Borne, municipal councillor and president of the Laval municipal commission for social housing.
(TLN) Federal Minister for the Family,
Children and Social Development Jean-Yves
Duclos met with Laval mayor Marc Demers
recently at Laval city hall. The purpose of the
meeting was to discuss certain elements of the
social housing issue with regards to Laval. LavalLes Îles city councillor Nicholas Borne also took
part in the meeting.
“I felt from Minister Duclos a great sensitivity
with regards to the problem of social housing,
a sincere will to cooperate in addition to a real
interest in Laval,” Mayor Demers said following
the meeting. Duclos’ visit to Laval was the first
by a federal minister since the election of the
Trudeau government last fall.
Part of Duclos’ responsibilities involves overseeing the Canadian Mortgage and Housing
Corp. (CMHC). The CMHC is one of the major
financial partners in the development of social
housing and its participation is deemed necessary for the completion of any municipal social
housing project involving the federal and provincial governments.
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‘This is a positive step in the right
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PUBLIC CONSULTATIONS
Among those present for the announcement of more than $15 million from Quebec to
Laval’s two school boards were the area’s six Liberal MNAs, as well as the school board’s
two chairwomen and several school commissioners.
MARTIN C. BARRY
Elected officials from Laval’s two school
boards put their disagreements with Quebec
over educational system reforms aside last week
when the provincial government announced it
is allotting more than $15,300,000 to them for
repairs and renovations at schools and training
facilities over the next two years.
together.”
CSDL chairwoman Louise Lortie welcomed
the money, saying it was very much needed to
ensure the success of students. “The focus the
ministry is taking on educational perseverance and school success is very significant for
the CSDL, whose primary mission is to see its
52,000 students succeed,” she said.
A ‘positive step’
Prioritizing education
“I think that what this shows is that education
in general remains a priority for the government,” Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board chairwoman Jennifer Maccarone told the Laval News
following the announcement. “We certainly
feel that Education Minister Proulx has taken
positive steps forward to support not only our
community with regards to Bill 86,” she added,
referring to the controversial education reform,
“but also our students in general. So this is a
positive step in the right direction.”
According to an announcement made by
Mille-Îles Liberal MNA Francine Charbonneau
at École Hébert in Laval’s Saint-François district
on May 2, the Commission scolaire de Laval is
receiving $11,457,616 for 33 schools, while the
Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board is receiving
around $4 million for work at 24 schools.
In a short speech, Maccarone was equally
pleased by the announcement. “I’m certainly
very happy to be here today for this very
important investment in our schools, but also
for school perseverance which is something I
don’t think we ever give enough importance
to,” she said. “Schools are a second home for
many of our students.
“It’s where they spend most of their time,
not only to get an education but to be part of
the community, for their sports, their social
life, to develop friendships. It’s where they
learn their creativity, it’s where they take part
in many activities where they learn important life lessons. And that’s not just true of our
students: it’s true of our parents, it’s true of our
teachers and our administrators and everybody
who takes part in our schools because they are
certainly the hub of our communities.”
Encouraging success
The list of schools
May 16, 7 p.m. Léon-Guilbault school, Laval-des-Rapides
May 18, 7 p.m. Équinoxe school, Sainte-Rose
May 24, 7 p.m. Val-des-Arbres school, Duvernay
May 25, 7 p.m. Saint-François school, Sainte-Dorothée
Discussion on heights and densities
June 1, 7 p.m.
Laval Campus of Université de Montréal
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The SWLSB schools where work will be
taking place during the summers of 2016 and
2017 are St. Vincent Elementary, St. Paul
Elementary, Souvenir Elementary, Hillcrest
Academy, Twin Oaks Elementary and Our Lady
of Peace Elementary. The work at the schools
includes basic infrastructure repairs and maintenance for washrooms, ventilation, electricity,
heating and other elements. In addition, Ste.
Adèle Elementary in the SWLSB’s Laurentian
region will be receiving funding to repair the
building’s outer walls.
Public information meetings
“Not only will these investments encourage the success of our students, they will also
allow the community to become more involved
around education and our children,” said
Charbonneau who was accompanied by Laval’s
five other Liberal MNAs for the announcement.
“For us here this is a financial announcement.
For the parents in this room – because behind
the jobs we hold we are also parents, or in my
case also grandparents – the investment also
represents willingness to become involved,
to see how things are done and to make sure
that we continue to support public education
Come learn about Ville
de Laval’s first project
within its revised
land use planning and
development plan
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More than $150,000 raised for Cedars breast cancer research
Bobby and Denise Vourtzoumis
MARTIN C. BARRY
Denise and Bobby Vourtzoumis’ 2016 Pink in the City Spring Charity
Ball fundraiser for cancer research drew more than 600 people eager to
support the cause to Laval’s Embassy Plaza convention centre on May 6.
Most successful event yet
Pink in the City is led by members of the Vourtzoumis family with
friends who are passionate about eliminating breast cancer and increasing
survivorship. While they raised $60,000 two years ago for the Cedars
Breast Clinic at the McGill University Health Centre, and last year’s goal
was an ambitious $125,000, they went beyond all predictions this year
with a final tally expected to exceed $150,000.
News reporters Max Harrold and Caroline Van Vlaardingen of CTV
Montreal were the evening’s hosts. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens’ former
principal dancer, Anik Bissonnette, who is Pink in the City’s ambassador/
spokesperson, was a special guest. She also delivered an address. Lee
Haberkorn of Virgin Radio hosted a live auction segment.
For Cedars Breast Clinic
The organizers have chosen to donate proceeds from the event towards
the establishment of a molecular oncology unit at the Cedars Breast Clinic,
offering patients personalized service in their treatment planning. It will
be the first personalized unit for breast oncology care in Quebec. A check
presentation will be held at the end of May at the MUHC.
Shmink Cosmetics, one of the many loyal sponsors at past Pink in the
City events, was back with a table where the ladies could learn the latest
beauty tips while being made up by beauticians. Dr. Melanie Theriault of
the Department of Diagnostic Radiology at McGill University, was the
evening’s keynote speaker on some of the technical aspects involved in
diagnosing breast cancer.
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Deadline
Dimitrios
May 14th
May 23rd
16 years ago
May 14 of 2000,
a sweet little
baby boy was born.
His name is
Dimitrios Filipopoulos.
Happy birthday
to our handsome son.
We wish you a lifetime
of love success health and
most of all happiness.
We love you to the moon and back.
Your loving parents Tom and Dora
and your sister Rini.
Happy 12th Birthday
to our gorgeous young girl
Sara-Jane!
Sara-J
ane
Mayor Demers celebrates Greek Easter
Following the tradition, Easter Sunday is
known as the ‘Feast of the Lamb’. Half of Greek
families host the feast while the other half visit
to enjoy it. But it’s not only Greeks that enjoy the
roast of the lamb. Often neighbours and friends
(non Greeks) join in the family festivities of
the Greek Easter. This year the Argyriou family
was honoured by having as a guest Laval Mayor
Marc Demers and his spouse.
Pictured left to right: Mayor Marc Demers
and his souse, the hostess Panayota Argyriou,
Michel Leduc former PQ MNA (in the 80s),
Vassilis Argyriou with his spouse Lina, and the
host of the feast Mr. Thanassis Argyriou holding
in his arms his grandson of 20 months Louis.
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We wish you today and
everyday of your life
happiness, joy and success!
You always make us
proud, we love you!!!
From Mom, Dad, Léa-Joy,
Diddo, family and friends
xoxo
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Email us your pictures to announce your celebrations:
celebrations@the-news.ca (To view it full size, visit www.lavalnews.ca)
(TLN) The Auberge du Coeur l’Envolée, a
community organization in Laval’s Sainte Rose
district that cares for youths who are homeless,
has received a $30,000 subsidy from Quebec,
Sainte-Rose Liberal MNA Jean Habel has
announced.
“I am thrilled to be able to make this
announcement,” Habel said. “This is an important amount given to an key organization in
the community of Sainte-Rose. The Auberge
du Coeur l’Envolée will be in a better position
to continue to offer support and assistance to
youths.
“I am pleased that our government has been
able to help,” he added. According to Habel, the
subsidy was granted by the government as part
of a policy to encourage preventive measures
in applying public security policy.
16
True Love
Alison, in your letter last week you said you
are almost 46, working as an upscale escort,
the mother of two young children, in a loveless
marriage, and hoping for a proposal from Simon,
one of your clients.
You are living in three worlds: the world of
work and your flat, the world of your children
and home, the world of Simon and his children.
If you try to combine the three worlds, either it
will be magic and you get everything you want,
or it will be tragic and you end up with nothing.
You asked, “Should I divorce my husband,
prompt a proposal from Simon and marry
him? It would have to be a hybrid marriage
for a few years, at least until my children were
mature enough to deal with the situation. If I
did this, I would split time between Simon, my
home and my work. I know Simon would love
for this to happen, and it wouldn’t break my
husband’s heart as long as I pay for the children
and mortgage.”
Alison, in fantasy all things are possible. But
options in reality are far fewer than in fantasy.
On the scale of reality to fantasy, where does
your plan fall?
Even in your best case scenario there are
problems. Your “few years” of a hybrid marriage
look more like a decade to us. Your children are
far from adulthood, and your husband cannot
support them without your income.
Telling the kids is another matter. Your teenage daughter tells her bestie and now everyone
at her school knows. Or the boy she’s crazy about
tells his parents. You cannot count on a teenager
not acting from anger or stupidity. Kids can’t
keep secrets except from their parents.
To get your husband to give you the divorce,
you may be tempted or forced to accept onerous terms. Or friends of Simon’s late wife may
get him to “come to his senses” and face the
obstacles, including the reaction from his own
kids. Then he backs away from marrying you.
Now at 56 you are living in the flat you work
from. Still with no exit strategy, with 10 more
years added to the five you have already been
an escort. You say you like it, because that’s
what people say, but you want out and you see
Simon as your exit plan.
That’s not guaranteed. A second before he
says “I do” he can change his mind, and your
plan falls apart.
But there are two realistic things you can do.
The first is divorce. You can’t do anything with
anyone else until that is done.
You have a marriage in name only. You need
to fix that. You cannot be tied to a man because
he needs your money from prostitution. You
have to cut a reasonable deal without drowning
yourself in debt. Your husband is weak. You can
help support the kids, but he has to man-up
and support himself.
Second, you need an exit plan from prostitution that is not contingent on something
else, like a new
man. When your
children are
mar riage age ,
how are they going to handle your past? What
impact will it have on their life choices, their
emotions and their connections with others?
In a perfect world the kids take it well, and
no one attacks them or hurts them with the
information. But in this non-perfect world the
kids are shocked, appalled and embarrassed.
You have given ammunition to anyone who
wants to take aim at you and your children.
You became an escort because you were in an
emotionally and physically loveless marriage,
and you were struggling financially. You are still
in the same boat. You have two hard steps to
take before you are free to fall in love. Take them.
.
Wayne & Tamara
Wayne & Tamara Mitchell are the authors of YOUR OTHER HALF (www.yourotherhalf.co m )• Send letters to: Direct Answers, PO 964 Springfield, MO 65801-0964 or email: DirectAnswers@echowork.com
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takes place May 18
Laval wants towns and cities to
help Fort McMurray
Event pays tribute
to cyclists killed
on roadways
(TLN) Laval mayor Marc Demers sent
a message last week to the president of the
Federation of Canadian Municipalities,
Raymond Louie, in order to encourage the
country’s towns and cities to do as much as they
can for the wildfire victims in Fort McMurray,
Alberta.
“I believe that as members of the FCM we
must match words to actions in providing our
financial support to all the residents of Fort
McMurray who were victims of this immense
catastrophe,” Demers said in a statement. “I
hope that this gesture is repeated by all my
colleagues across Canada.”
The City of Laval has already responded
(TLN) On Wednesday May 18 at 6 :30 pm,
the Club Vélo Détente de Laval is inviting all
residents from Laval and surrounding municipalities to take part in the seventh annual Tour
du silence de Laval.
At that time, single bicyclists as well as
families with children 12 years of age and
older will be able to take part in a silent ride in
memory of cyclists who’ve died on the roads
of the province.
Road’s also for cyclists
“People have to wake up to the fact that the
road doesn’t belong exclusively to motorists,”
says Laval executive-committee vice-president
David De Cotis. “Thousands of citizens use their
bicycles to get around daily and they must be
able to do it without being in danger or worse
yet risking their lives.”
The start and finish will be taking place at
Laval’s Centre de la nature and the route will
include a stop at Laval city hall. Members of
other cycling clubs, including Les Espoirs de
Laval, Vélo Passion et Vélo Détente, will also
be taking part.
News anchor taking part
Well-known Francophone news anchorman
Pierre Bruneau is the official spokesman for the
2016 du Tour du silence. In memory of his son,
he started the Fondation Centre de cancérologie
Charles-Bruneau and he created the Tour CIBC
Charles-Bruneau, a cycling event he takes part
in every year.
The Tour du silence takes place each year
simultaneously in more than 350 locations
around the globe. In Quebec, it is overseen by
the Fédération québécoise des sports cyclistes
which will be holding 24 events on May 18 all
over the province. While the event in Laval is
free, wearing a cycling helmet is mandatory.
City sends $10,000 to Red Cross for wildfire relief
to the Union des Municipalités du Québec’s
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Demers said he hoped other cities would
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goal is to further improve the way outsourced contracts are managed.
Under the new by-law, individuals currently being investigated under provisions of a provincial
law to reclaim money from past contracts found to be fraudulent will not be allowed to bid on
new contracts. The policy will also allow the city to exclude contract bidders convicted of having
previously colluded in the municipal contract bidding system.
“This new policy for contract management is another step forward towards transparency, most
notably in our contract relations,” said Mayor Marc Demers. “We had already pointed out that at
the end of the program for voluntary reimbursement, which is Oct. 31, 2016, we will be moving
forward with legal proceedings. This new policy is another incentive to participate.”
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You must keep your emotions out of
the negotiating process in order to
be successful. And to avoid problems, follow laws and regulations to
the letter.
CROSSWORDS
TAURUS
There’s lots of work on the agenda;
you don’t have a second to spare
at the office. In addition, your health
may not be optimal and so you need
to rest to regain your energy.
GEMINI
You are proud of yourself after accomplishing a brilliant feat. You discover new talents you never knew
you possessed. Your family may
cause you a bit of stress.
You spend lots of time at home,
where you can find a wall or two to
paint or some sort of work to be
done. You may also decide to move
on the spur of the moment.
LEO
You have a lot to talk about. What’s
more, if you’re keeping a secret,
you may have trouble holding your
tongue, or you let it out with a Freudian slip.
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CANCER
This is an excellent week to seriously consider buying or selling a
property. You are surprised to realize
that you have the means to fulfill
your ambitions.
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5. Reserved
8. Love seat
12. Catholic leader
13. Prompt
14. Not tame
15. Carryall
16. Glazed
18. Male monarch
20. Lessens
21. Agree
24. Chew the ____
(gab)
25. Hammerhead,
e.g.
26. Throb
30. Flat-faced dog
31. “____ and
Peace”
32. Farm enclosure
33. Large turtle
36. In advance
38. Kindled
39. Salespeople
40. Slow-moving
mollusk
43. Leafy veggie
44. Place of origin
46. Specks
50. Completed
51. Miniature
52. Prepare for press
53. Prospects for
gold
54. ____ the good
times roll
55. Reject
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1. Skillful
2. Excessively
3. Pick
4. Tamer
5. Aroma
6. Suspended
7. Supporting vote
8. Perspires
9. Olive products
10. Retreat
11. Totals
17. Dinner, e.g.
19. Sign
21. Certain vipers
22. Ignore
23. Adventure story
24. Bear’s coat
26. Bogey beater
27. Copycat
28. Boatbuilder’s
wood
29. Football linemen
31. Soggy
34. Handyman’s tool
35. Medicinal form
36. Without exception
37. Minded
39. West Point student
40. Bargain-hunt
41. PBS science
show
42. Congregation’s
reply
43. On bended ____
45. Piercing implement
47. Poem of praise
48. Cookie container
49. Porky’s pad
LIBRA
Everything advances at lightning
speed this week. You settle a lot of
things and you manage to reach
people easily. You are surprised how
quickly people return your calls.
SCORPIO
Your imagination knows no bounds
and you bring to life a great masterpiece. You may also go to a show
that really impresses you.
SAGITTARIUS
Expect to receive lots of invitations from your friends. It seems
as though you always have someone to talk to, and you may also attend several large gatherings.
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1 through 9 in the same line, column, or 3x3 box.
Your career takes off, as you have
the audacity to make some really revolutionary suggestions. You could
also start your own business.
AQUARIUS
People want to confide in you. You
may have to decipher a message
in another language, or perhaps a
cryptic comment made by your loved one.
PISCES
Your emotions are running high and
you may weep tears of joy. One of
your children accomplishes something special, such as learning to
walk.
JOKES
CAPRICORN
MONEY FOR GRADES
WHERES THE MONEY
A college professor was giving a big science
test. Upon collecting the tests she noticed a note
attached to one of them with a $100 bill underneath
it. The note read, “One dollar per point please.”
A thief broke into my house last night... He
started searching for money...
So I woke up and searched with him.
The professor returned the test the following with
$40 and a note attached. The note read, “Here’s your
$40 change.”
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help in locating Robert Cruz Hidalgo. An arrest
warrant has been issued for the 44-year-old,
who is accused of sexually assaulting a 15-yearold girl between March and September 2011.
Cruz Hidalgo also faces other charges, including
production, possession and distribution of child
pornography.
Robert Cruz Hidalgo is of Hispanic descent
and speaks Spanish, English, and French. He has
brown eyes and brown hair, stands 1.65m (5’5”)
tall and weighs about 65kg (145lbs). Anyone
with information is asked to contact the LPD
info-line at 450-662-INFO (4636), or 911, and
mention file LVL-111012-038. All calls are
treated confidentially.
Chomedey Laval late Monday night.
Firefighters were called to the bungalow on
95th Ave at about 11:30 P.M. after flames broke
out in the backyard, possibly on the back patio.
By the time fire crews arrived at the scene the
blaze spread up the back wall and to the roof.
No one was hurt, but the fire did cause extensive damage to the home, it’s possible it will
need to be torn down.
The cause of is under investigation.
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Ouest sparked off a fire while refilling his chainsaw’s gas tank in his backyard shed. A 911 call
alerted the fire department at 11:53 a.m. and 19
firefighters were on the scene 5 minutes later.
The blaze was extinguished by 12:11 p.m. but
not before it had destroyed the shed where it
started, damaged the home’s garage, and left
its mark on a neighbour’s house.
the fire was able to escape the blaze, although he
suffered burns to his legs, arms, and lower back.
He was transported to hospital for treatment.
The shed is a complete loss, and damages to
the garage and its contents (which included a
boat, car, and pool equipment) are estimated
at about $50,000.
ter and hitting 5 parked cars with his Mustang,
24-year-old Jonathan Valois ended up on Potier
St. in Vimont, parked conveniently where the
police could find him. Just after 2 a.m., a witness
at the corner of Boul. des Laurentides and
Edimbourg St called 911 to alert police about
the reckless driver and the collisions. When
officers arrived, they observed the demolished
bus shelter and followed the trail of oil and tire
marks on the ground, which led them directly to
the suspect still sitting in his parked car.
Valois was escorted to Terrebonne where he
The results were positive; he was charged with
driving under the influence and his Mustang was
impounded. Valois was then given a lift home by
officers and arrived at his house at 8:15 a.m. The
officers had stayed parked to finish their report
and learned that Valois owned a second vehicle.
A scant 8 minutes later, Jonathan Valois left
his house and tried to drive away in his Mazda
Protegé. Officers arrested him a second time.
He appeared in court on April 25 to face two
identical charges of DUI and is scheduled to
return to court on August 4.
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who stole a $1500 MacBook Pro from the Bureau He has a dark complexion, tanned skin, and a
Some of the people whose homes were flooded homes, and it could be six weeks before the builden Gros store at Centre Laval on February 19 at
7:10 p.m. The man entered the store pretending
to be a customer, spoke with a salesperson, and
when the laptop was brought to the cash, the thief
grabbed the goods and booted it out of the store.
The suspect is a man in his twenties who speaks
French with a Québécois accent. He is around
shaved head. At the time of the theft, he had
facial stubble and was wearing a cap and a dark
hoody, and Converse-style shoes. Police urge
anyone with information to contact the police
info-line at 450-662-INFO (4636) or 911, and
mention file LVL 160219-070. All calls are treated
confidentially.
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Daniel Capp, whose family had expressed
concern after he went missing last month, was
found dead on Saturday.
Laval police said today his body was found
in Montreal.
Capp had been missing since April 27.
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to return.
Laval’s deputy mayor, David De Cotis, said
some residents may be able to be reimbursed
by the city.
“They should, if there’s any damage, which I’m
sure there is damage, contact their insurance. On
the city’s website, there’s a formal document that
they can fill out if there’s any damages they want
to claim to the city,” said De Cotis.
De Cotis said people can also contact the
city by phone to make sure their claim is being
processed.
“They can call the 311 service the city provides
them, so there’s multiple different channels of
communications that the city has brought to
them,” said De Cotis. Residents will need a list
of everything they lost, and they will need to be
quick: they have just 15 days from the date of the
flood to make a claim. The city and the contractor
who was doing the work are trying to determine
who is at fault, with the contractor saying the
pipe was not properly marked on city blueprints.
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on Tuesday by a water main have had to throw away
everything they own. “I lost my desk, my computer,
also my printer, the screens, also my console video
games. My brother he had the bed and all of his
clothes. Winter clothes,” said Kevin Oviedo.
The student now has to replace everything he
owns, all on a tight budget. “I have a lot of stuff to
pay, and now I have to pay this for stuff that I lost
that wasn’t even my fault,” said Oviedo. Clothes,
furniture, appliances, all hopelessly contaminated
by a man-made disaster.
Two dozen houses on Bedard St. in Laval’s
Vimont neighbourhood were flooded by
construction crews putting up a sound barrier.
They hit a 16-inch pipe and hundreds of thousands of litres of water gushed out of a water main
into a sewer pipe and then into dozens of houses.
Several residents do not have insurance, and
are now regretting that decision. Oviedo said he
and his mother were discussing the fire in Fort
McMurray just prior to the water main breaking.
“We thought it wasn’t necessary to have insurance, but apparently it’s something very important,” said Oviedo.
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It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of Francesco
Aversa on April 20, 2016 at the age of 80 years old. Francesco has
gone to join his beloved wife Maria Grazia Aversa, who passed away in
January, 2007. Francesco will be greatly missed by his sons Francesco
(Toni) and Domenico. He also leaves to mourn his brother Antonio (Theresa) and his sister
Dominica, as well as all other family members.
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In Charles-LeMoyne hospital passed away on May 5th, 2016, at the
age of 75, Mr Clément Bidégaré, beloved husband of Mrs. Denise
Pelletier. Besides his wife, he also leaves behind many relatives and
friends. Donations the heart & Stroke foundation, would be greatly
appreciated.
699,000
CHOMEDEY ĞĂƵƟĨƵů͕ůĂƌŐĞŚŽŵĞŝĚĞĂůĨŽƌĂŐƌŽǁŝŶŐ
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BIDÉGARÉ, Clément
1926 - 2016
CAPTAIN AMERICA: CIVIL WAR
MONEY MONSTER
G | 2 hrs 28 mins | Action-Science Fiction |
13+ | 1 hr 35 mins | Drama-Crime |
After the events of Avengers: Age of Ultron, another
international incident involving Captain America and
the Avengers results in collateral damage, prompting politicians to form a system of accountability and
a governing body to determine when to call in the
Avengers, which results in the fracturing of the team
into two opposing factions–one led by Captain America who wishes to operate without regulation, and one
led by Iron Man who supports government oversight–
while they attempt to protect the world from a new
enemy.
In the real-time, high stakes thriller Money Monster,
financial TV host Lee Gates (George Clooney) and his
producer Patty (Julia Roberts) are put in an extreme
situation when an irate investor (Jack O’Connell) takes
over their studio.
RATCHET AND CLANK
G | 1 hr 34 mins | Animation |
THE HUNTSMAN: WINTER’S WAR
G | 1 hr 54 mins | Action-Adventure |
Ratchet and Clank tells the story of two unlikely heroes as they struggle to stop a vile alien named Chairman Drek from destroying every planet in the Solana
Galaxy.
MOTHER’S DAY
Betrayed by her evil sister Ravenna (Charlize Theron),
heartbroken Freya (Emily Blunt) retreats to a northern
kingdom to raise an army of huntsmen as her protectors. Gifted with the ability to freeze her enemies in
ice, Freya teaches her young soldiers to never fall in
love. When Eric (Chris Hemsworth) and fellow warrior Sara defy this rule, the angry queen does whatever
she can to stop them. As war between the siblings escalates, Eric and Sara unite with Freya to end Ravenna’s
wicked reign.
KEANU
13+ | 1 hr 40 mins | Comedy |
G | 1 hr 58 mins | Comedy |
Intertwining stories revolve around a television host
(Julia Roberts), a divorcee (Jennifer Aniston) looking
for love and a woman (Kate Hudson) who wants to
strengthen her relationship with her mother.
THE JUNGLE BOOK
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G | 1 hr 46 mins | Action-Drama |
Clarence and Rell (Keegan-Michael Key, Jordan Peele)
are two cousins who live in the city but are far from
streetwise. When Rell’s beloved kitten, Keanu, is catnapped, the hopelessly straight-laced pair must impersonate ruthless killers in order to infiltrate a street
gang and retrieve the purloined feline. But the incredibly adorable kitten becomes so coveted that the fight
over his custody creates a gang war, forcing our two
unwitting heroes to take the law into their own hands.
After a fearsome tiger threatens his life, Mowgli (Neel
Sethi), a boy raised by wolves, leaves his jungle home
and, guided by a stern panther (Ben Kingsley) and a
free-spirited bear (Bill Murray), sets out on a journey
of self-discovery.
An Impressive $184,500 in Bursaries Awarded to 55 Student-athletes via
the Quebec Foundation for Athletic Excellence Sponsorship Program
On the occasion of its Spring Cocktail celebration, the Quebec
Foundation for Athletic Excellence (FAEQ), in association with 14
cherished partners, has awarded $184,500 in individual bursaries to 55
deserving student-athletes through its Sponsorship Program.
The following companies are participating in the sponsorship program,
and have awarded their annual bursaries: Hason Steel, Aquam, Atrium
Innovations, Bell Media, Blue Bridge, Cogeco Media, Corus Media,
Fondation Bruny Surin, Fondation des Gouverneurs de Québec,
Fondation Gilles Chatel, Grenier aux emplois, Imagineo, Math
Sport, and Samson Groupe Conseil.
The cocktail event was held in the John Molson Room at the Molson
Coors company, the latter being one of the FAEQ’s proud partners for
more than 30 years. The FAEQ also celebrated the breathtaking performances of numerous bursary recipients, who have already qualified or are
in the process of qualifying for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.
FAEQ President for over 15 years, Mr. Claude Chagnon enthused,
“The Foundation seeks to highlight the importance, renown reputation,
and impressive growth that the Sponsorship Program has experienced in
recent years. The latter enables both small and large companies as well as
some of the Foundation’s partners, to contribute financially to making a
genuine difference in the lives of student-athletes in Quebec; some have
even been able to develop long-term professional relationships with the
student-athletes they sponsor. Now more than ever, these companies
and partners are united with the Foundation for the academic, athletic,
and professional achievements of Quebec’s student-athletes.
Join us for the Sir Wilfrid Laurier Foundation`s
3 x $1000 Trip gift certificates
1 x $2000 Trip gift certificate • 1 x $5000 Trip gift certificate
Go Pro Camera • Television • Wine Cooler
Zibo Restaurant gift certificate • Vertigo Restaurant gift certificate
Maison François Restaurant gift certificate • Toi, Moi & Café gift certificate
Life in Linen gift certificate • Carrefour Laval gift certificate
Metro Rosemere gift certificate
Château Royal Reception Halls, 3500 Souvenir Blvd West, Laval
Information/RSVP
Susan O’Keeffe 450 621-5600 ext. 1351
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info-foundation@swlauriersb.qc.ca
Purchase your tickets or make a donation online:
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www.fondationlaurier.com
Ticket: $150
(tax receipt of $75)
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Proceeds from the evening will benefit the students of
the Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board.
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