Why a monitoring committee?
Since 2017, a monitoring committee, composed of local citizens, members of First Nations, business representatives and local organizations, has been assisting NMG in the development of the Matawinie project. It ensures that the implementation of the project respects the milieu, minimizes environmental impacts, and integrates the concerns and expectations of the community.
The sharing of local know-how, local realities and scientific knowledge through exchanges and meetings of the monitoring committee enables us to validate and improve our plans to develop an economically, socially and environmentally promising project for the entire region.
Céline Racine – Member of the monitoring committee
“I’ve been sitting on the monitoring committee as a community representative since 2017.
Having spent my whole life in Saint-Michel out of love for the nature that surrounds it, I chose to get involved with the committee to ensure that the evolution of NMG’s project harmonizes with the realities of the various host communities.”
Members of the monitoring committee
The committee is made up of citizens, elected officials, business people and socio-economic organizations from the municipalities of Saint-Michel-des-Saints and Saint-Zénon, as well as from the Atikamekw community of Manawan. NMG representatives sit on the committee on a regular basis, while others participate on an occasional basis, depending on the topics addressed. The committee meets at least four times a year.
Jacques Lachance
Citizen of Saint-Zénon
Mireille Asselin
Representative, Conseil régional de l’environnement de Lanaudière
Guy Poitras
Saint-Zénon City Councillor
Catherine Paul-Hus
NMG Representative
Martine Paradis
NMG Representative
Kathleen Chagnon
Recreation and Tourism Representative
France Chapdelaine
Upper Matawinie Chamber of Commerce
Julien Charette
Representative, Bassin Versant Saint-Maurice
Yves Crits
Representative, Manawan Atikamekw Council
Mario Venne
Municipality of Saint-Michel-des-Saints
Richard Lauzière
Citizen of Saint-Michel-des-Saints
Guy Bélanger
Representative from the community sector
Diane Messier
Citizen of Saint-Michel-des-Saints
Poste à combler
Citizen of Saint-Michel-des-Saints
Committee meetings
The monitoring committee reports on its activities via meeting minutes.
