Quebec minister's office vandalized after province authorizes expansion of toxic waste dump

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Two weeks aft Quebec passed authorities that forces the City of Blainville to merchantability a parcel of onshore to Stablex, a backstage institution that treats and buries toxic waste, the constituency bureau of Natural Resources Minister Maïté Blanchette Vézina's was vandalized.

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Hénia Ould-Hammou · CBC News

· Posted: Apr 10, 2025 5:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

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Quebec provincial constabulary are investigating aft the constituency bureau of Quebec's earthy resources curate was vandalized Thursday morning.

The doorway of Maïté Blanchette Vézina's riding bureau successful Rimouski, Que., was graffitied and bags of garbage were dumped outside.

A missive posted connected the door, signed by "a disappointed and aggravated taxpayer," criticizes the government's caller determination to follow Bill 93, a arguable portion of authorities that forces the City of Blainville to merchantability a parcel of onshore to Stablex, a backstage institution that plans to grow its toxic discarded dump.

The expansion, acceptable to statesman shortly, will springiness Stablex an further 40 years of storage.

Vandalism astatine Natural Resources Minister's office

On Thursday morning, Blanchette Vézina took to X to criticize the "unacceptable act."

"This morning, hateful graffiti and garbage were near extracurricular my riding office," she wrote. "Such actions person nary spot successful a nine wherever the speech of ideas indispensable beryllium respectful, adjacent erstwhile divergent."

Parti Québécois MNA Pascal Bérubé replied to her station saying, "I condemn this vandalism astatine my constituency neighbour's office. This is nary mode to explicit opposition."

The absorption parties astatine the National Assembly rejected the province's bill, contempt Blanchette Vézina's call for collaboration with the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government. The portion of authorities besides drew the ire of protesters.

Multiple municipal councils and the enactment that represents municipalities, the Fédération des municipalités du Québec, person besides slammed it, considering it as an onslaught connected municipal autonomy.

Last week, Quebec's Superior Court rejected the City of Blainville's petition for an injunction to suspend the expansion. The City of Blainville has said it intends to entreaty the court's decision.

WATCH | The controversy, explained:

Toxic discarded dump astatine centre of conflict betwixt Quebec authorities and Montreal suburb

Blainville, Que., residents and their politician are calling retired the authorities for pushing the enlargement of a hazardous discarded landfill successful their community.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hénia Ould-Hammou is simply a writer and researcher with CBC Montreal. She antecedently completed an internship with La Presse aft graduating from McGill University with a treble large successful governmental subject and psychology. Hénia is funny successful planetary and societal issues, soccer, authorities and rap music. Send her an email astatine [email protected]

With files from Radio-Canada and CBC's Steve Rukavina

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