(Quebec) After former PQ member Bernard Drainville and former federal Conservative Pascal Dery, the Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) has now chosen a candidate from the Quebec Liberal Party… a former Liberal MP in Rouin-Noranda-Témiscamingue. Press. A candidacy not spiced with controversy surrounding the Horn Foundry.
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Mining engineer Daniel Bernard, who was MP for the riding for eight years under Jean Charest, is negotiating with the CAQ. The case is almost over and his candidacy is being confirmed. Mr. Bernard did not call back Press Friday night
He is a municipal councilor for Rouen-Noranda and director of professional services at Technominex, a mining exploration company.
Photo from TECHNOMINEX website
Former Liberal MP Daniel Bernard
Under the Liberal banner, Daniel Bernard was first elected Member of Parliament for Rouen-Noranda-Témiscaming in 2003. He narrowly lost his election to the Parti Québécois in 2007, but he got his revenge the following year to sit until 2012. Implementation of that year.
Back to municipal politics
Daniel Bernard returned to politics on the municipal scene last year. He was elected to the Rouyn-Noranda Municipal Council.
On Monday, the City Council unanimously passed a resolution demanding that “Horn Foundry’s operations aim to achieve environmental standards in force for all heavy metals and fine particles emitted into the air.”
Under government mandate, the Horn Foundry, owned by multinational Glencore, currently emits 100 nanograms of arsenic per cubic meter into the air, or 33 times the Quebec standard of 3 ng/m3.
Public Health recommended Wednesday that smelters achieve an annual average of 15 nanograms of arsenic per cubic meter of air within five years. For her, it is an “intermediate phase” to undertake. “The recommendations go in the direction we are asking, which is to aim to quickly reach the goals that make it possible to achieve standards and protect our population”, the City responded.
Quebec will have to decide. “If this is a request from public health, with the logic of not compromising people’s health, you understand that this will be a reference value on our side,” Environment Minister Benoit Cart commented on Wednesday. He declined to confirm that the government would follow the recommendation. He will travel to Rouen-Noranda on Monday to announce the “major environmental requirements the Quebec government proposes to impose on the Horne foundry.”
Loyal to PLQ until recently
During last year’s municipal election, Daniel Bernard argued that protecting the environment was his biggest concern. “With 100e The upcoming anniversary of Rouyn-Noranda (Lake Osisko restoration project) is really a great project,” he said in an interview with local media, Le Citoyen. The lake has been heavily polluted since the smelter opened in 1927. “We must also ensure the quality of other water sources and the air quality, ” he added.
Daniel Bernard remained loyal to PLQ until recently. He donated $100 last year and $200 in 2018, an election year. He did not contribute to Dominic Anglade’s fund in the PLQ leadership race in 2020. However, he gave $200 to his only opponent, candidate Alexandre Casson, who withdrew mid-campaign. .
Daniel Bernard will replace the first candidate presented by the CAQ in Rouen-Noranda-Témiscamingue.
Claude Thibault – a former candidate for the Liberal Party of Canada – withdrew her candidacy on July 29, two days after the announcement. In a very brief press release, she invoked “personal reasons.” According to our information, labor relations issues which she did not disclose to the party were behind the decision.
After the PQ and PLQ swapped ridings in 2012 and 2014, Rouen-Noranda-Témiscaming has been held in Quebec Solidaire since 2018. Émiles Lessard-Therrien won 32% of the vote against 30% for the CAQ.
In collaboration with Denis Lessard, Press
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