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TO THE CITIZENS OF SAINT-LAZARE IN BRUNET AND DUHAMEL SECTOR Sanitary sewer project in the Frontenac sector, the project des Pins and the extension of the drinking water network on Route de la Cité-des-Jeunes. *Please keep in mind that I am not an engineer or road...

I have compiled my list of priorities for Soulanges candidates for the October 3rd provincial election. Most of these points have been raised with the government in the past few years, but without success. Since there is a provincial election, this is the perfect time...

PROTECTING OUR WATER SOURCES TOGETHER Residents are constantly questioning and making several assumptions regarding the water situation in Saint-Lazare. I would like to provide information to bring in facts and hopefully to also reassure residents. It brings me to a...

I hear almost daily from people telling us to stop giving building permits or to stop development. Even if we wanted to do that, it is totally impossible at this point and for many reasons. I wanted to explain why so that people can better understand the challenges...

I hear almost daily from people telling us to stop giving building permits or to stop development. Even if we wanted to do that, it is totally impossible at this point and for many reasons. I wanted to explain why so that people can better understand the challenges...

Wanting to stop all development is impossible and for many reasons. I wanted to explain why so that people would better understand the challenges that all municipalities in Quebec face in terms of development and municipal governance.

Wanting to stop all development is impossible and for many reasons. I wanted to explain why so that people would better understand the challenges that all municipalities in Quebec face in terms of development and municipal governance

Wanting to stop all development is impossible and for many reasons. I wanted to explain why so that people would better understand the challenges that all municipalities in Quebec face in terms of development and municipal governance.

Sound city management means that sometimes there will be difficult decisions to be made, because we must ensure the well-being of the city not only for today, but for tomorrow as well. Municipalities in Canada supply the vast majority of the public services we rely on...

Water is a sensitive topic, but I think it’s essential to bring important information, so that our residents have a better comprehension of the situation. I will refer to a previous blog post if you’re interested in reading why we’ve had watering restrictions in the...

I was interviewed by the CBC regarding the REM (play video above) but I feel that I should elaborate more on this subject because sometimes we don’t get to voice the entire story on those short interviews and I feel that there’s a lot to be discussed about the REM in...

I wanted to update our residents as of June 13th about the current watering ban in Saint-Lazare. Since in place, we can see in our data that there has been a great effort from our residents to reduce consumption. I want to thank everyone for doing what is needed to...

The sad state of the recycling industry is continually in the news creating worries and heated debates. There’s no denying, there is a huge issue across Québec which needs to be addressed as soon as possible. Because people are starting to lose trust in the process,...

This topic keeps coming up and I thought I would give my own explanation and provide some answers to explain to residents why council made certain decisions concerning waste management. Did you know that recent studies stated that Canadians produce more garbage per...

This post is not about a language debate, it’s solely for information purpose. As a municipal councillor, we represent all residents living in Saint-Lazare, so it’s important to listen to their concerns. When I ran a survey on Facebook last July regarding topics...