Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to table a petition against the planned dredging operation at pier no. 2 in the port of Sorel, which would involve discharging contaminated sediment and sludge in open waters, on the shores of Saint-Ignace-de-Loyola Island. This petition was signed by approximately 400 residents of the Berthier Islands region.
These petitioners are dead against this project, which they feel is only shifting the problem from the south shore to the north shore of the river. They call upon the government to show respect for the quality of the fauna and flora and, if the project must proceed, they demand that the polluted sludge be disposed of on land. It is not good enough to just shift the problem, possibly to another federal riding.