The Nation proposes turning community centres into non-profits

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 07, 2025 1:01 PM EST | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

The latest money-saving connection from The Nation east of Ottawa is to crook 3 assemblage centres into non-profits.

The agrarian municipality, colonisation 13,400 successful 2021, is telling residents it wants to trim the costs of moving the St-Albert, St-Bernardin and Fournier community centres.

Coun. Danik Fourges, whose Ward 3 includes St-Albert, said determination are less weddings and little intoxicant being sold astatine these venues than before.

Of the municipality's 5 assemblage centres, St-Bernadine and Fournier mislaid wealth successful each of the past 3 years, arsenic did Limoges. St-Albert turned a nett successful 2023 and St-Isidore has been profitable for the past 3 years, according to The Nation's yearly budget.

The municipality is not considering turning Limoges oregon St-Isidore's community centres into non-profits.

Chantal McLean-Leroux from St-Bernardin told Radio-Canada the connection is unfair. She said her assemblage would person to measurement up to support its centre, portion its taxation dollars would spell to different 1 about 40 kilometres distant successful Limoges.

The Nation said during its 2025 fund process that spot taxation gross had failed to support up with ostentation and it needed to constrictive the gap, including raising spot taxes astir 9.5 per cent. Policing costs were besides a factor, it said.

The Nation also closed three room branches to commencement this year, including successful St-Albert, due to the fact that it didn't person the officials who are legally required to negociate them. The outgoing CEO said she decided to permission aft telling elected officials she was feeling ignored amid mounting fiscal pressure.

A room reopening day has not been confirmed.