Report - Agence canadienne d'évaluation environnementale

Opinions of participants
DM394, p. 14; GIRAM, DM461, p. 45; Association pour la protection de
l’environnement de Lévis, DM459, p. 29). Specifically, some believed that the visual
simulations done by the proponent did not allow the adequate assessment of the
potential impact in this respect (Conseil régional de l’environnement de la Capitale-
Nationale, DM74, p. 12; Mr. Pierre Blouin, DM621, p. 30).
Some participants were in disagreement with the proponent’s assessment, according
to which the presence of transmission lines linking the île d’Orléans to the south shore
of the river would foster the project’s integration into the landscape (GIRAM, DM461,
p. 51; Ms. Lise Thibault, DM436, p. 31). The Conseil des monuments et sites du
Québec admitted that the building of this structure had been a mistake, and stated
that “no other limit will be admissible if we stay within this narrow way of thinking”
(DM394, p. 5). For another participant, “the Hydro-Québec lines are not a terminal
mitigating factor. Quite the contrary, the LNG terminal would instead be an
accumulation factor, by destroying even more what we must protect” (Mr. Patrick
Plante, DM382, p. 35).
Some criticized the ministère de la Culture et des Communications for its limited
participation, and wanted it to intervene in the matter (Association pour la protection
de l’environnement de Lévis, DM459, p. 29; Conseil des monuments et sites du
Québec, DM394, p. 16; Mr. Marcel Junius, DM633, p. 2). According to the GIRAM: “it
is unacceptable that no one from the cultural community addressed the potential and
irreversible damage that this LNG terminal project could cause to the visual and
landscape aspect of the island, as well as to its environment” (DM461, p. 45). As
some participants expressed, the conservation of the landscape and heritage value
aspects of the île d’Orléans also includes the preservation of neighbouring sites such
as the St. Lawrence River and its northern and southern shores (Ms. Annie Lebel and
Mr. Hubert Pelletier-Gilbert, DM160, p. 5; Mr. Pierre Blouin, DM621, p. 38). For one
participant, all the municipalities facing the île d’Orléans on the northern and southern
shores of the St. Lawrence should be declared “historic districts, genealogical and
cultural heritage sites of the Québec nation”, just like the island itself (Mr. Jean-
Claude Lespérance, DM22, p. 4).
Some participants were deeply concerned about the lack of legal means and tools
available to protect the landscape and heritage sites (Ms. Louise Mercier, DT16, p. 24;
Conseil des monuments et sites du Québec, DM394, p. 11; Les Amis de la vallée du
Saint-Laurent, DM551, p. 23; Ms. Renée Dupuis, DM191, p. 2). For another participant,
the project “goes against every one of the principles of the Charte du paysage
québécois” (Ms. Lise Thibault, DM436, p. 30). For one citizen, “the beauty of the area’s
landscapes must be recognized as a whole, as one entity, and be protected, as there is
nothing comparable in the region” (Ms. Isabelle Carrier, DM624, p. 8). The Conseil des
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