The upper Quebec court rejects Blainville’s order for order against Stablex’s expansion

The Superior Court of Quebec rejected the request of the city of Blainville for an ordinance to suspend the expropriation of protected lands for the extension of a hazardous waste deposit owned by Stablex, an American company.

The decision was released on Wednesday, about a week after the provincial government pushed through a draft law that will allow the owners of the landfill to expand the installation for 40 additional storage.

According to the documents of the Superior Court, the request for ordinance was rejected, in part, due to the pressing public need of Stablex services and to prepare the site.

The extension works on the disputed land will start shortly, because the compensation must be completed before April 15, on the date when the new federal regulations regarding the migratory birds enter into force.

The decision says that the granting of a stay or ordinance would cause “a real and significant damage to the public interest” and, although sympathetic with the arguments of Blainville, the city is essentially put in if the parliamentarians have made the appropriate decision. This does not provide sufficient reason for the court to delay or interrupt the decision, says the decision.

Prime Minister François Legault convened a special meeting on Thursday to complete the review process for the draft law 93. The session continued overnight, and the bill was finally adopted with a vote from 61 to 31 Friday.

The three opposition parts rejected the draft law, which also grants extraordinary powers to the Government and does not allow “any judicial control provided in the Civil Procedure Code”, except for a problem of jurisdiction.

Stablex and the Avenir Québec (CAQ) rope government have been blocked in a public dispute with the city of Blainville on the extension of the installation that treats and buries toxic waste, contaminated soil and other dangerous materials north of Montreal.

The site is the only one of its kind in Quebec, and Stablex says that if it does not start working on the extension project next month, you may have to suspend operations.

The controversial legislation adopted by the Quebec Expropria Government The lands in Blainville to allow Stablex to expand their dangerous waste elimination operations.

Shortly after the province’s decision, Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal (CMM) and the city of Blainville announced that it is asking the Superior Court to suspend the law while its legality is validated.

On the social platform X, the Quebec environment minister Benoit Charette He said the court acknowledged that the works should start to avoid a disturbance of the service in the safe treatment of dangerous residual materials.

“As a responsible government, we had to cross the draft law 93 to avoid a breakdown of the service,” he said.

Stablex will now be able to start the preparatory work waiting for the court study by the court, to avoid a delay that could not be repaired, he said.

CMM and City of Blainville issued a common statement on Wednesday, saying: “While we are disappointed, we will make a thorough review of the decision with our legal advisers to determine the following steps.”