A group that doesn't seem to translate its name (CRE-Montréal), mission or website has come out against a plan to convert the old Marianopolis College greenspace into a crowded little upstuck village. (And this courtesy of a mayor who campaigned against Bourque's Atwater de-greenification by saying, What's green will stay green.)
Here's what Google's traslate tool does, unedited, to their well-meaning-but-dishwatery press bulletin:
Stop the Marianopolis The Regional de l'environnement de Montréal (CRE-Montréal) asks the city of Montreal to intervene to protect the site of the former seminary in Philosophy in the historic and natural borough of Mont-Royal (AHNMR ) by refusing all new construction. Recall that the promoter CATO inc. has acquired the site in 2008 and hopes to build over 325 housing units. This is not to question the ability of the sponsor to offer the city of Montreal a quality project but rather to the principle enunciated in the draft Plan for the protection and enhancement of Mont Royal on , the "carrying capacity" of the mountain to receive new construction. Because the project Marianopolis pave the way for all other redevelopment projects of the institutions on the slopes of Mount Royal, the CRE asks the city to implement this principle.
CRE-Montréal (Consei regionale de l'environment) has been around for a few years, as a sort of "concertation" for various environmental groups. Their major spokesperson for several years was former MCM Vice-Chair of Executive Ctee, and later STM head, and later Minister of the Environment Robert Perrault.
ReplyDeleteConcertation? Do they run any concertation camps?
ReplyDeleteIn my day, you needed a lot of green space for a camp.
ReplyDeleteNowadays, you need a lot of green to camp in space.
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