To clear all concerns

September 10, 2019

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The Equity

Dear Editor,

I read with great interest the article published in the Pontiac Journal last Aug. 5 titled “Sorting Centre in Hot Water, Slapped with Ministry Order”.

In order to clear all concerns from citizens and users of the . . .

sorting centre, I take this opportunity to clarify the issue at stake. The ministerial order that was issued to us is currently challenged before the courts. Our legal team has been working on this for some time and have had an appearance before the Tribunal Administratif du Québec (Quebec Administrative Tribunal). During this instance, the Tribunal noted that the Ministry’s communiqué, from which the Pontiac Journal was inspired, could mislead people on our authorized activities. The part of the order that is contested includes pads #4 and #5 which, according to the Ministry, do not meet regulations. There is a debate on this subject between the two parties.

The utilization of our main platforms is not contested and we continue our operations on these platforms in compliance with our authorization.

While waiting for our case to be heard by the Tribunal, we diligently follow our restoration plan as approved by the Ministry. As part of this plan, the material considered by the Ministry as unacceptable as per our authorizations is diligently sent to an approved landfill in the province of Québec while we are waiting for the approval or our own landfill facility.

The nature of the service rendered to companies and citizens is not at stake and is not challenged by the Ministerial order. We are still able to pursue our sorting activities and I invite you to continue to use our services as done in the past.

It is important to realize that both the Pontiac Sorting Centre and the future landfill installations are privately owned. We will continue to accept requests from new clients and will examine them to come to agreements when possible.

The continuation of our work in the Pontiac is very important to us. We feel our services are welcome and necessary.

Gerry Philippe

Director of operations

Centre de Tri – Pontiac Sorting Centre

Litchfield, Que.

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