{"id":2602,"date":"2023-09-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-25T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.portquebec.ca\/press-release\/comments-on-the-remarks-made-by-the-mna-for-jean-lesage-the-port-of-quebec-sets-the-record-straight-and-applauds-an-unprecedented-collaboration-to-improve-air-quality\/"},"modified":"2024-11-29T10:49:50","modified_gmt":"2024-11-29T15:49:50","slug":"comments-on-the-remarks-made-by-the-mna-for-jean-lesage-the-port-of-quebec-sets-the-record-straight-and-applauds-an-unprecedented-collaboration-to-improve-air-quality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.portquebec.ca\/en\/press-release\/comments-on-the-remarks-made-by-the-mna-for-jean-lesage-the-port-of-quebec-sets-the-record-straight-and-applauds-an-unprecedented-collaboration-to-improve-air-quality\/","title":{"rendered":"Comments on the remarks made by the MNA for Jean-Lesage: THE PORT OF QU\u00c9BEC SETS THE RECORD STRAIGHT AND APPLAUDS AN UNPRECEDENTED COLLABORATION TO IMPROVE AIR QUALITY"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Québec City, September 25, 2023 <\/strong>– The Port of Québec would like to correct remarks made by Jean-Lesage MNA Sol Zanetti, who said last Friday that Québec’s Minister of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks, Benoit Charette, had “supported the Port of Québec's lies in a press conference.” Mr. Zanetti's comments are inaccurate and slanderous. <\/p>\n

At the press conference on August 29, in the presence of Minister Benoit Charette and the Mayor of Québec City, the President and CEO of the Port of Québec stated that the Port’s sampling stations in the community had not exceeded the nickel limit for more than a year, specifically since May 2022. This information is unequivocally true. <\/p>\n

As part of an unprecedented collaboration initiated by Québec City's mayor, the Ville de Québec, the Port of Québec, and the Ministry of the Environment, the Fight Against Climate Change, Wildlife and Parks have installed air sampling stations at different locations in the Basse-Ville and Limoilou sectors and shared the data recorded between October 14 and December 15, 2022.<\/p>\n

This collaboration will continue and intensify in the coming years. The initiative is a priority for the Port of Québec and its partners. Partner sampling stations also detect the presence of fine particles (PM2.5), caused in particular by wood stoves and vehicle traffic, and which clearly pose the highest risk to the health of the population as mentioned by public health experts in the two scientific reports that have recently been made public.<\/p>\n

The Port of Québec reiterates its commitment to participate in this collaborative effort and will continue to improve the information dissemination process. He also asked the member for Jean-Lesage to exercise more rigour when addressing air quality issues.<\/p>\n

As a reminder <\/strong><\/p>\n

1.  Two recent scientific reports on air quality in the Basse-Ville and Limoilou sectors have provided a clearer picture of the situation and identified the different sources of contaminants.<\/p>\n