Access to information: How many deer should be slaughtered in Montreal? We don't know!

Our journalists share their horror stories to gain access to information, information that should be public and that you have a right to know.

“Nature taking its course” is the worst option for controlling the overpopulation of whitetails in Pointe-au-Prairie Natural Park, according to a confidential Forest Research Center report submitted to the City of Montreal in December 2021. part of the herd would be the best option without affecting biodiversity and population distribution.

• Listen to an interview with Jean-Louis Fortin, Director of the Bureau of Investigation Quebecor QUB :

How many deer must be killed? When? We don't know because eight pages of the “Proposal” section were redacted in a 2021 Access to Information Act document.

Two years later, the city confirms that nothing has been done yet, but a committee of experts has been formed to review the matter. During this time, Pointe-à-Prairie deer have multiplied and taken over Boise d'Anjou Nature Park. Newspaper. They are now causing traffic accidents around Henri-Bourassa and Golf boulevards. Not to mention the risk of zoonoses such as Lyme disease and anaplasmosis.