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Québec.ca/coronavirus • June 10, 2020 1 877 644-4545 The Laval News • 2 septième 2110, rue Drummond, 3e étage 28/05/20_16:12 production Montréal (Québec) H3G 1X1 client : CSPQ - MCE Nº 111167379-4 format PAP : 100 % @ 300 dpi description : Rassemblement trim fermé : 9,833’’ x 12,5’’ pièce : Hebdos EN trim ouvert : X’’ x X’’ version : visible : X’’ x X’’ infographiste : EV bleed : 0,125’’ nom fichier : 111167379-4_MCE_Consultation_Hebdo_Pleine-page_EN_9,833x12,5.indd PMS PMS PMS Check Les sorties laser ne reflètent pas fidèlement les couleurs telles qu’elles paraîtront couleur CMJN 2002 2002 2002 List √ sur le produit fini. Cette épreuve est utilisée à des fins de mise en page seulement.X Activists want City of Laval to declare a 5G moratorium City ‘doesn’t have the jurisdiction’ over technology, says Mayor Marc Demers In this screenshot from the webcast of the June 2 Laval city council meeting, Mayor Marc Demers answers questions. The meeting was presided by council president Christiane Yoakim. Citizens can follow in real time even on their smart phones City of Laval monthly council meetings. With recent fires in cell phone towers – No position on 5G, says Demers versy involving the clear cutting of mature Regarding the Avenue des Bois, he said, “There including one in Laval – being linked to While noting that the issue would be debated trees along Avenue des Bois in Laval-Ouest to is a traffic problem there that is growing and that growing opposition to the new 5G cell phone in council, the mayor said that the City of Laval make a reserved bus lane, as well as a question will not (unless we remain confined) go away. technology, a woman noted in her e-mailed “doesn’t have the jurisdiction. The implemen- about the impending cutting of a large and old And, of course, there are all the other issues question to Mayor Marc Demers during the tation of 5G is the responsibility of the federal tree near the Île Bigras commuter rail station, like greenhouse gases created every morning June 2 webcast of Laval city council that an government and declaring a moratorium would Mayor Demers said the city has been pursuing and night at rush hours. And that is one of the increasing number of experts are raising be like trying to stop Canadian Pacific from an aggressive policy in recent years to preserve reasons why this enlargement of Avenue des concerns about what they allege are the passing on our territory. We are pursuing its trees. Bois took place.” health hazards of 5G. our reflection and our studies regarding this Noting that cities in Australia, Belgium, Italy situation. and in other countries have issued statements “For the time being, there are cell phone towers calling for the deployment of 5G to be stopped, on our territory, but they aren’t necessarily 5G. Nathalie Raymond asked whether Laval would These towers have multiple vocations. But we agree to declaring a moratorium on the instal- will be soliciting views from the federal govern- lation of 5G technology. ment and Health Canada as we follow up this dossier.” MARTIN C. BARRY Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Work on Albert Murphy For The Laval News RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL ASPHALT [email protected] On another topic, another questioner, Mr. Vézina from Chomedey, said to Mayor Demers MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR OIL BASED SEALER PROTECTION that when work was being done to repair Albert Seeking 5G moratorium Murphy Ave. in Chomedey several years ago, the City of Laval didn’t finish the work nor did BEFORE AFTER “Would the City of Laval be ready to set an it install sidewalks on the south portion near example in Quebec and to follow along for the Saint Martin Blvd. West on the east side. security and well-being of its citizens?” she said. As well, he pointed out that flooding takes “The communications industry is now pushing place there during heavy rains or when snow is forward to deploy its 5G system, despite the melting. In a second question to the mayor, he impact of radio-frequency on the health of the asked whether following the relocation of the population as recognized by several hundred Multicultural Library several years from now, scientific studies. and taking into account that Chomedey is the “The impact on future generations could be most populous district in Laval, whether the city devastating, since all independent research says could reopen the old Alain Grandbois library so,” she added. “Would the City of Laval be ready branch on Samson Blvd. as it could serve as a to declare a moratorium on the deployment second library branch and take pressure off the of this network? And until unbiased scientific Multicultural Library. studies would demonstrate that our health and that of our children will not be affected by this Mayor Demers’ reply technology.” Mayor Marc Demers said he had no immedi- WE REPAIR Will consult experts ate answers regarding the problems on Albert BEFORE BEFORE Murphy Ave., but that he would refer them to Replying, Mayor Demers said that before • Cracks municipal employees who could furnish the taking a position on such issues, he and others answers. “But I can assure you that we have in the administration ask consultants and • Pot Holes invested and we will continue to invest consider- other experts to write a summary report on able sums to improve the streets and sidewalks,” the questions raised and to send it to them. he said. He said the city staffers would be able • Edges of “And if we judge that we should go further, we June 10, 2020 • to explain the timeline for completing the work. have effectively in the past hired independent Garage Regarding the library, Mayor Demers said, AFTER AFTER expert firms to shed light on certain opinions.” “We have invested a lot and we are still going Entrances The mayor said that employees with the city to invest a lot in the libraries because they are have already started to look into the issue. appreciated by the residents more and more. However, he noted that Health Canada has • Replacement The Laval News And the possibility is already being considered come to conclusions about 5G that are differ- for some time to reopen that library [Alain of Drains ent from those expressed by the technology’s Grandbois], and even that it could become an critics. “They have essentially said that there interesting alternative.” are no indications leading to believe that the CALL NATALE 5G network may be harmful to health,” said Ave. des Bois tree cutting • 514-777-3774 3 Demers. Answering questions about the recent contro- FOR A FREE ESTIMATION Opinion & Editorial THAT’S WHAT Let’s be realistic about physical I’M THINKING distancing in schools Robert Vairo It’s absurd to think that physical distancing in schools will look like it does in grocery stores Police injustice and violence. In Canada you say? eople wait patiently outside the store in long, spaced out, lineups. Direction arrows show hat are we Canadians to make of all this? My memory of the first US riots was Detroit customers where to move next. Customers stand at least six feet apart in the checkout lines. 1967. The violence, looting, fires, and destruction lasted “one long hot summer”. Cashiers carefully disinfect their terminals before the next customer arrives. Most of us remember the Los Angeles riots of 1992 when four cops, 3 of them white, PThese measures are designed to prevent people from coming into close contact with each other.