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"We can't allow things that are inaccurate to stand." — The Word of Our Dan, February 19, 2008.

Monday, August 13, 2007

A peek over the fence

1) Work on the Route 138 extension to begin this fall. Radio-Canada reports:
Un premier tronçon de quatre kilomètres en gravier sera construit à l'ouest de La Tabatière, en direction de Tête-à-la-Baleine. Un second, de trois kilomètres, reliera La Romaine à Kegaska. La petite communauté de ce dernier village de 130 habitants contribuera d'ailleurs aux travaux en préparant du gravier.

« L'équipement commence à rentrer pour faire le concassé. On espère que ça va rentrer bien vite, puis que ça va nous donner un peu d'ouvrage pour les gens du village aussi. En espérant toujours que, d'ici une couple d'années, la 138 va arriver ici », a affirmé Lloyd Court, président du comité de Kegaska, chargée de ce projet.

À cet effet, Transports Québec, s'attaquera l'an prochain au dossier de construction du pont avec pilier central qui doit franchir la rivière Natashquan. Or, ce chantier, de plus de 30 millions de dollars, s'échelonnera sur au moins 5 ans. Les premiers villages de la Basse-Côte-Nord ne seront donc pas désenclavés avant 2012.
This maps shows existing highways in red, and the Kegaska-La Romaine and La Tabatière-Tête-à-la-Baleine projects in orange.

2) Nunavik — the northern, Inuit-populated third of Quebec — is set to become a "special territory":

OTTAWA -- A giant swath of mineral-rich land covering one-third of Quebec is on track to become a self-governing region for the province's 10,000 Inuit.

To be called the Regional Government of Nunavik, it will have its own elected assembly representing Quebec's 14 remote Inuit communities and a public service responsible for services normally delivered by provinces, such as education and health.

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Also, unlike native self-governments such as B.C.'s Nisga'a, the agreement is not based on ethnicity, even though the vast majority of the region's residents are Inuit.

Jean-François Arteau, the head legal adviser for the Quebec Inuit, said he would expect all future maps of Canada to include the Nunavik region, which uses the 55th parallel as a southern border and makes up one-third of Quebec.

"This is going to be a special territory that I think we should see on any map of Canada," he said. "It's something new. A regional government. That doesn't exist anywhere."
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