Close to fifteen people from the village of Etang-du-Nord, on the west end of the islands, participated in the first public meeting, held by the Municipality of the Magdalen Islands, in the frame work of the evolution on the future management of residual matters or island garbage. Those present appeared to be in favour of exporting both the recyclable and non-recyclable matter. This is the least costly of four scenarios proposed by the Municipality Iles-de-la-Madeleine. It has been noticed that the citizens of Etang-du-Nord are concerned with the ineffectiveness of the islands incinerator and the loss of the investment of upwards of four million dollars, which was necessary to consolidate it’s operations. One of the participants, Jean Louis Lapierre, believes this is a huge area that accounts for great pressure on his tax bill.
For his part, Léon Déraspe, councilor for the village of Grindstone presided over the consultation in his village. He said that he felt privileged as a tax payer, to recommend the exportation of the waste matter, in place of the investment for the next 10 to 15 years on the incinerator. The local union representative Réjean Leblanc was worried that because of the loss of the incineration process it would mean a loss of half of the 90 jobs under the Management of Waste Matters, that would be made in the exportation of islands wastes. The Municipality of the Islands has already said that it will not invest in the renovation of the incinerator unless it is to convert the heat loss into electricity. The firm of experts ABCG Technologies does not recommend this avenue because it is financially unsound. The Municipality has not communicated or negotiated with Hydro-Québec, the islands power company, on this matter.
For his part, Léon Déraspe, councilor for the village of Grindstone presided over the consultation in his village. He said that he felt privileged as a tax payer, to recommend the exportation of the waste matter, in place of the investment for the next 10 to 15 years on the incinerator. The local union representative Réjean Leblanc was worried that because of the loss of the incineration process it would mean a loss of half of the 90 jobs under the Management of Waste Matters, that would be made in the exportation of islands wastes. The Municipality of the Islands has already said that it will not invest in the renovation of the incinerator unless it is to convert the heat loss into electricity. The firm of experts ABCG Technologies does not recommend this avenue because it is financially unsound. The Municipality has not communicated or negotiated with Hydro-Québec, the islands power company, on this matter.
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