Ministry Fines Farmer

In the aftermath of the major floods hitting Quebec, a farmer in St.Paul de L'ile aux Noix, has been fined and issued a fishing permit:

"Farmers’ efforts were hampered by neighbours who called police to complain they were pumping water out of their fields and back into the river, which residents were concerned could flood their homes anew. Another farmer noted that the Ministry of the Environment and Wildlife fined him $1,000 and took away his pump for a month when he used it during a flood in previous years. It could kill the German carp stranded in his fields, he was told, even though they would have likely died there anyway. Bisaillon, who is president of the local chapter of the Quebec Farmer’s Union, has been in touch with the ministry and arranged to have the military help them transfer the fish back to the river."


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