Val-d'Or Caribou: "If we need a crisis, we'll do it," says the Chief of Lac-Simon Anichinabe leaders denounce the Quebec government's position on the Val-d'Or caribou herd and say they are ready to mobilize. The subject will be discussed in a meeting between the chiefs next week, according to what Radio-Canada has learned. It's very,
Source: Le Devoir Published on December 17, 2019 Voices are being raised to denounce the Legault government's decision to cancel the protection measures on three natural territories put in place to preserve woodland caribou habitat in order to provide new areas of cutting for the forest industry. University professors and researchers are asking Quebec
Source: Council of the Anishnabe Nation of Lac Simon Published on December 15, 2019 After the zoo, the slaughterhouse... This is what we understood from recent statements by the Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks (MFFP). It should be recalled that in 2018, the Lac Simon First Nation ("Lac Simon"), in partnership with the
Source: La Presse Published on December 13, 2019 Slaughter the wolves and prevent First Peoples from accessing their thousand-year-old territories: these are some of the solutions that have been proposed for decades by the different governments, in defiance of indigenous ancestral rights that guarantee the continuity of territorial practices that date back to before
Source: David Rémillard Video content is available for this article The Minister of Forests, Wildlife and Parks accuses one of Quebec's leading woodland caribou specialists of criticizing the government from "his ivory tower" at the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR). Minister Pierre Dufour shot his arrows at Martin-Hugues St-Laurent, professor of animal ecology at
Source: Radio-Canada Published on December 4, 2019 The Quebec government plans to kill wolves this winter and proceed with the dismantling of logging roads to protect Val-d'Or's caribou. However, the Ministère des Forêts, de la Faune et des Parcs (MFFP) rejects the idea of full protection of the territory. The strategy chosen is not
SOURCE: Council of the Anishnabe Nation of Lac Simon Published on June 21, 2018 Thanks to the leadership of the Community of Lac Simon and the support of the Government of Canada The Anishinabe community of Lac Simon (Lac Simon), in collaboration with the Kitcisakik and Long Point First Nations, is proud to announce
Source: Le Devoir Published on November 1, 2017 Woodland caribou continue to decline across the country, including in Quebec," says Environment Canada. The federal government points out that no province has developed the protection plans needed to stop the destruction of the critical habitat of this endangered species. Some progress has been made in
