Transport committee  The Regional council for the environment and sustainable development in Outaouais is one of Quebec's 16 regional environmental councils. Quebec is divided into 17 administrative regions. It has been in existence since January 1990, and, over the past 20 years, we have worked on

Transport committee  Yes, thank you.

Transport committee  I accept the idea that there are properties inside the park if people are aware that there are rules that must be obeyed. However, even though the park has a boundary, we're still facing a lot of ambiguity. The NCC has been given the means to purchase private properties, but it

Transport committee  I agree—

Transport committee  The solution is that, if the park becomes a park with a status, the municipality no longer has responsibility for the park. So we avoid all these problems: for example, if someone wants to subdivide his lot because its zoned residential... At that point, the park is the jurisdict

Transport committee  I simply wanted to answer Mr. Proulx. I forgot to say that I don't want any new houses, but not that the NCC should buy the old ones.

Transport committee  I misunderstood your question. I don't want any new houses, but not that the NCC should buy back the old ones. As regards the bridges, CREDDO is not in favour of the construction of a new bridge. There are wetlands in east Gatineau. I won't outline the entire history of the poli

Transport committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Quebec created national parks--“national” being the UICN appellation for national parks. They have committees. I sit on one of those committees, because in Plaisance, which is now a national park, it used to be what was called a réserve faunique, and now

Transport committee  Well, it's because of the pressures that it needs to be a formalized statute. Otherwise the pressures are so great that even though you say we are protecting Gatineau Park according to the rules of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, if you don't have to, you

Transport committee  As Mr. Murray said, we can't permit new construction, but we aren't going to chase away the people who are already there. This is about the right of first refusal. When the park was created at Plaisance, there were houses, and there were agreements. However, the construction of n

Transport committee  No, because if the park has national park status, it will no longer be under municipal jurisdiction. There will therefore be no more residential zoning or any opportunity to subdivide a lot.

Transport committee  As long as municipalities only have revenue from taxes, they are always going to be subject to pressure from developers.

Transport committee  On the contrary, it's preferable to ensure that it has national park status. The municipalities currently have jurisdiction over the territory.

Transport committee  Yes.

Transport committee  A number of committees are unofficial or ad hoc committees.