Contract 400119680 ESTABLISHED • MAY 1975 VOLUME 45 / NO 37, SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 $1.50 (Tax included) Raid international Gaspésie: Youth event is a smashing success Gilles Gagné Arsenault. In the 150-kilometre CARLETON – Up to 300 event, the Chandler team of high school students partici- Rémi Castilloux and Alex pated in the Raid international Clément won in 17 hours, 33 Gaspésie’s Youth pre-event minutes and 7 seconds, a on September 12 in Carleton. mere 15 minutes and 42 sec- The students came this year onds ahead of Benoit Bujold from the Gaspé Peninsula, and Antoine Barriault of New Lower Saint Lawrence, the Richmond. North Shore and the Eastern It was the sixth and last Townships regions. The event Raid international Gaspésie has become so popular over under the current format. The the last six years that this year organizing committee’s some students from various spokesperson Daniel Labil- parts of Quebec were refused lois points out that such an due to organizational con- event requires the mobiliza- straints. tion of an enormous amount Like the main event, the of resources, including finan- Photo: G. Gagné prologue features cycling, cial means. The support sys- tem has been stretched to the running, canoeing and orien- Up to 300 high school students from various regions took part in the prologue. teering, but only over 20 kilo- limit. A different and smaller metres. The best time was event will likely be organized recorded by Edward Marsh the event, Re’Anna Wilson, pesian teams, despite the race in 22 hours, 39 minutes next year, including the youth and Mathieu Henry, of École River Jerome, Aiden Paul and presence of teams from eight and 8 seconds, which was 45 prologue. Antoine-Bernard in Carleton. Ashton Paul. different countries. Maria’s minutes ahead of another Bay More information will be Four New Richmond High Meanwhile, the three-day Arnaud Mercier and Antony of Chaleur team, consisting of communicated later, says Mr. School students took part in Raid was dominated by Gas- Audet won the 300-kilometre Antoine Moses and Raphaël Labillois. Diane Lebouthillier wants Ottawa to keep the Cap-des-Rosiers lighthouse Nelson Sergerie tion,” said Ms. Lebouthillier. However, Ms. Lebou- GASPÉ: - If it is up to the thillier does not comment on Minister Diane Lebouthillier, the infrastructure restoration the ownership of the Cap- work, valued at $6.5 million. des-Rosiers heritage light- “It's part of the priorities, house will remain under the but you know that in the con- management of the Govern- text of priorities, everything ment of Canada. cannot be priority number 1. I Recently, Heritage Gaspe- guarantee that the lighthouse sie asked Ms. Lebouthillier will remain open for the next for a clear commitment on four years,” added the Liberal the restoration of the light- member. house commissioned in 1858 The lighthouse is managed and the national historic by a non-profit organization, building’s integration in Fo- the Cap-des-Rosiers Light- rillon Park since 1974 as a house Maritime Historical symbol for the tourism indus- Society. Ottawa had initiated Ottawa wants to keep the Cap-des-Rosiers heritage lighthouse Photo: N. Sergerie try. the process of divesting the Having remained vague lighthouse with 23 others in Ms. Lebouthillier says that Québécois is committed to to the park. We must find the on this issue for a few weeks, the Gulf of St. Lawrence in she continues to work hard restoring it. “This lighthouse money to renovate it. We can the minister took a stand after 2012 and even offered it to with Fisheries and Oceans needs to be upgraded. It is an not miss this,” says Gaspésie- being pressed by The Gaspé the Town of Gaspé, which Canada and Parks Canada for ultra-important tourist attrac- Îles-de-la-Madeleine Bloc Spec: “The lighthouse will has refused to take over the the rest of the file. tion. It must be attached to Quebecois candidate Guy remain under federal jurisdic- site. For its part, the Bloc Forillon Park. It's right next Bernatchez. News briefs UPAC in Chandler Nelson Sergerie CHANDLER: - The Permanent Anti-Corruption Unit was in Chandler on September 11. The agency responsible for investigating irregularities in the management of public contracts held an awareness session of- fered by the UPAQ prevention team. Gaspesian prefects met with ministers from the Legault government on September 12 in Riv- The unit informed elected municipal officers and officials on ière-du-Loup. how to prevent and manage the risks of corruption in the man- agement of public contracts. A presentation of the mandate, mission and powers of the Gaspesian prefects Régie du bâtiment du Québec was also part of the training. meet the Legault government Nelson Sergerie Nadia Minassian. prefect says that the New FEDERAL ELECTION: The presence of the Gaspé Brunswick hospital centre has GASPÉ: - On September 12, delegation at the caucus of the a lot of trouble receiving am- Infrastructure is the main Gaspesian prefects had the op- Coalition avenir Québec was bulances from the west of the portunity to informally update noticed, according to the pre- MRC. Until recently, as the ur- issue for municipal officials several files with ministers of fects who were there at the sug- gency of the Campbellton Re- the Legault government at the gestion of their counterpart of gional Hospital was over- Nelson Sergerie caucus meeting of the Coali- the Rivière-du-Loup MRC, whelmed, patients in Quebec CHANDLER: - Infrastructure comes back repeatedly when tion avenir Québec which was Michel Lagacé. were automatically diverted to elected officials are asked to define the main issues to be discussed held in Rivière-du-Loup. It was Bonaventure's Éric Dubé the Maria Hospital. regarding the federal election on October 21. their second meeting with Pre- took the time to thank the min- “I think she listened well. This is the priority of Gaspé even though Mayor Daniel Côté mier Legault in three weeks. isters for their presence in the We will continue to work on believes that it is difficult to target just one priority. The issues of demography, Gaspé Peninsula this summer. this issue with the CISSS, but I "If I had to summarize that, the entire question of infrastruc- housing, wind energy and the A dozen of the ministers visited am very confident for the fu- tures and transportation, the entire question of the modulations environment were particularly the region which, according to ture,” said the prefect of Avi- of the programs to the regional realities, that must be essential highlighted during a 5 to 7 with Mr. Dubé, would be a record gnon. priorities for the electoral campaign," indicates the mayor. different cabinet ministers from since he was in politics. Regarding the problematic Mr. Côté who is also the prefect of the Côte-de-Gaspé MRC the Legault government. The prefect of the MRC situation experienced for sev- was talking about federal jobs for the region. "When one is in an informal d'Avignon took advantage of eral months at Maria hospital, "Our marine infrastructure has been abandoned for 40 years. setting, even the minister is his meeting with the Legault including breaks in services, The regionalization of federal public service jobs and the issue of more relaxed. It's much easier government to discuss health the prefect is concerned. shoreline erosion and climate change must be strong during the to see the depths of your think- issues in his territory. “We want to ensure that our election campaign,” said Côté. ing and to be able to come and Mathieu Lapointe had in- citizens have access to health "We were very pleased to see Ms. Lebouthillier announce $45.8 address your concerns because formal discussions with Health services. I understand that the million for the railway," said the prefect of the Rocher-Percé MRC. you're in a conversation mode. Minister Danielle McCann on situation is not obvious with With this element, Nadia Minassian wants more: "We will con- In this respect, it will have been the ambulance service and dif- the shortage of manpower. This tinue to build on that. We are talking about the rail issue, but also really fruitful to meet them,” ficulties accessing the Camp- is worrisome,” says Mr. La- about the docks. There are several docks we want to bring back to said the new president of the bellton Hospital Centre. The pointe. level,” says the prefect. Gaspesie Table of Prefects, Chandler wants candidates to consider the Town's develop- PUBLIC NOTICE ment in the next term. PUBLIC NOTICE "We would like to be re- SERVICE OF REFUELING garded as a municipality when LEGAL SERVICES AND CITY CLERK’S OFFICE we make requests. Let us acti- Ville de Gaspé requests tenders for service of refuelling at the vate our requests and even ac- PUBLIC NOTICE – Modification to the calendar for its regular Michel-Pouliot Airport. company us in our requests,” sittings for the year 2019, to which the October 14th, 2019, sit- The necessary documents can be obtained by anyone registered explains Mayor Louisette Lan- ting is reported, to Tuesday, October 15th, 2019 at 8 p.m. with “SEAO”. All those registered with this service can obtain the glois. documents regarding the present call for tenders by getting in The issue of the return of Enactment of By-Laws : touch with “SEAO” and paying the required fees. Anyone inter- the tax credit in remote areas is ested can contact “SEAO” by dialling 1-800-964-6379. 1156-11-40 : « Le règlement projeté amende le règlement de one of the requests, a position zonage 1156-11 en modifiant les usages autorisés dans la zone Information pertaining to this call for tenders may be obtained taken by all the Gaspé MRCs.