Air Pollution Concerns

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke with a late day release over concerns raised by Kahnawa’kehró:non regarding air pollution coming from the Saint-Catherine industrial park adjacent to the Kahnawà:ke Survival School. KEPO has recorded periodic spikes in poor air quality on monitoring devices located at the Kahnawà:ke Office Complex and on Peter Foxy Road. The MCK is also aware of reports about safety violations at an industrial facility by the boundary. Ratsénhaienhs Cody Diabo saying that at this time, it is unknown if these spikes in air quality are directly related to the operations of the industrial facility. Monitoring will continue. Diabo will be contacting Mayor Jocelyne Bates to review these concerns, and reaching out to Environment Québec.