Parc-nature des Sources
Saint-Laurent Council invites Minister Guilbeault to offer a green legacy to future generations
Saint-Laurent, February 17, 2022 – In a letter signed by the Mayor of Saint-Laurent, Alan DeSousa, on the topic of the Collaboration to offer A Green Legacy for Future Generations, Council invited the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, to take strong action to protect lands hosting tremendously rich biodiversity by integrating them into the Parc-nature des Sources project.
We note that Saint-Laurent’s administration has worked on the preservation of wetlands and the creation of this new nature park for several years by striving to gather all the stakeholders around the table. Back in 2016, it initiated discussions on this topic with the federal authorities at the time, namely the Honourable Marc Garneau, Minister of Transport, and the Honourable Catherine MacKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change. These discussions then continued with the latter’s successor, the Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, in 2020.
Major consolidation step
Representing a major step in the consolidation of Parc-nature des Sources, this new letter addressed to Minister Guilbeault strives to involve collaboration with the Borough, Ville de Montréal and Ville de Dorval by underscoring that the timing is ideal because of the convergence of varied interests.
This was emphasized by Médicom’s decision to refrain from building a plant in a swath of land in the area that is annually frequented by hundreds of monarch butterflies on the former Dorval golf Course. Commonly known as “Champs des monarques” or “Monarch Field”, the project comprises three attached housing units, a field in its central western section scattered with wetlands, and a forest in the eastern section of the site.
“Due to the media buzz generated by Médiacom’s decision and the excellent social adaptability of the parc-nature des Sources project, I believe that this is a unique opportunity for the federal government to transfer the federal lands needed to finalize the project and protect the area, which is constantly at risk of other companies potentially setting up,” Mayor DeSousa explained in the letter. In collaboration with Saint-Laurent, Ville de Montréal and Ville de Dorval, the federal government would be participating in the creation of a tremendous green legacy for future generations by preserving an ecologically rich zone in the heart of a bustling city renowned for its innovative side.”
Technoparc Montreal
The parc-nature des Sources currently covers an area of 47 hectares and could expand to 187 hectares with the transfer of the identified federal lands. Home to remarkable biodiversity, it will also be one of the first to be created near a major scientific park, namely the campus Saint-Laurent of the Technoparc Montréal.
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