Fisheries OKs port expansion in Contrecœur
Fisheries and Oceans Canada has given its OK to a container port terminal downriver in Contrecœur, in the zone of the endangered copper redhorse – see the photo in the Radio‑Canada story. But in the current socioeconomic climate, can we afford to be tenderhearted about fish species?
Indeed, I would suggest to Mark Carney that we should put on our money the images of animal species which have been killed off to prop up our economy. Make them heroes!
Meantime, the decision may be contested in court by an environmental group.
su 07:38 on 2026-01-09 Permalink
I wonder if the dredging mentioned in the article will be an annual maintenance event. The huge Cacouna project in the St Lawrence estuary will be requiring yearly maintenance dredging.
Meezly 15:20 on 2026-01-09 Permalink
The value of a species is priceless yet our capitalistic mindset places price tags on nature. When you consider the millions of years it takes for a species to evolve and how interconnected things are in the ecosystem. What are the container ports for? To bolster consumerism? To import/export more materials so real estate developers can continue razing forests? We see how logging in the Amazon rainforest can impact climate change in other parts of the world. The question should be, can we afford to keep wreaking havoc on nature as future generations will pay the ultimate price?