Kanesatake Grand Chief requests review of proposed cement plant

Kanesatake Grand Chief requests review of proposed cement plant

The Grand Chief of the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake, near Oka, Québec, wants the federal and Ontario governments to reconsider plans by Colacem to build a new cement plant near L’Orignal and for more consultation on the project with his community. On December 19, 2022, Grand Chief Victor Bonspille wrote to federal Minister of the Environment and Climate Change Steven Guilbeault, who, on November 3, 2022, had rejected Action Champlain’s request f…