Newspaper Opinion Piece by Roy Dupuis

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Back in December Roy Dupuis wrote an opinion piece that was published in the Quebec newspaper Le Devoir. As co-founder of the Rivières Foundation, he encouraged the provincial government and Hydro Quebec, the province's leading utility company to forego new hydroelectric projects on the Magpie River. Part of the river is already damned but Hydro Quebec maintains that it might still choose to pursue future projects to help with the growing energy needs of the country. Activists in the past have successfully advocated on behalf of the river, citing the negative environmental impact not only on the natural resources but the mostly indigenous communities that are in the region.

The article is in French and you can find it here on Le Devoir's website. I, unfortunately, don't speak French so I've used my browser's translation features to get it in English. I've placed it behind the cut for those interested in reading Roy's stance.


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