I just read in the Citizen that there is a coalition of environmentalists who are now trying to stop the Casino golf course at Lac Lemay from being built altogether.
Gerard Desjardins is a board member of the West Quebec Bird Watcher's Club is circulating a petition and gathering 50,000 signatures to halt the development of the course.
Mr Desjardins was quoted in the Citizen as saying "The federal and Quebec governments have been talking about some minor changes to protect the wetlands but we want to stop the project altogether".
The Quebec government will not disclose what changes are planned to comply with environmental concerns.
The project has been delayed indefinately.

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IMHO, with over 100 courses in the area, we do not need this one that badly. Lac Lemay is a lovely park. Turning it into a golf course will just keep the people out. The Casino will make billions with, or without it.
New golf courses should be built on undeveloped land, with a high degree of sensitivity to environmental areas. They should not be planning this on environmentally sensative provincial parkland. That is just greed.
If Joe Blow wanted to build a course there do you think they would let him? Hey, how about a new course that follows the Ottawa River next to the Parkway? Or How about Andrew Haydon Golf and Country Club? Vincent Massey Links? Lots of room around town.
I hope that the birds win this one.