Mr. Speaker, on the Island of Montreal, there is an extraordinary place known as TechnoparcOiseaux or Champ des monarques. A site rich in biodiversity, it is home to 193,000 species of birds and an essential feeding ground for the monarch butterfly, which has been declared an endangered species. This site is also at risk because the Montreal airports authority, A\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al, wants to use and develop the space.
\nHowever, A\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al does not own the land; Transport Canada does. It is public land that belongs to us. Hundreds of citizens, along with a dozen municipalities on the Island of Montreal, are asking the federal government to modify the lease with A\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al in order to create a national park. We need to protect this highly biodiverse natural space, one of the rare wetlands on the Island of Montreal, and preserve it for future generations.
", "fr": "Monsieur le Pr\u00e9sident, sur l'\u00eele de Montr\u00e9al, il y a un endroit extraordinaire qu'on appelle le TechnoparcOiseaux ou alors le Champ des monarques. C'est un endroit d'une tr\u00e8s grande biodiversit\u00e9 qui h\u00e9berge 193 000 esp\u00e8ces d'oiseaux et qui est essentiel \u00e0 l'alimentation du papillon monarque, qui a \u00e9t\u00e9 d\u00e9clar\u00e9 comme une esp\u00e8ce en p\u00e9ril. Or cet espace est en p\u00e9ril \u00e9galement \u00e0 cause du d\u00e9veloppement d'A\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al, qui veut occuper cet espace.
\nA\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al n'est pas propri\u00e9taire du terrain; Transports Canada est propri\u00e9taire du terrain. C'est un terrain public qui nous appartient. Des centaines de citoyens ainsi qu'une dizaine de municipalit\u00e9s de l'\u00eele de Montr\u00e9al demandent au gouvernement f\u00e9d\u00e9ral de modifier le bail avec A\u00e9roports de Montr\u00e9al afin de cr\u00e9er un parc national pour prot\u00e9ger cet espace naturel et de biodiversit\u00e9, un des rares milieux humides sur l'\u00eele de Montr\u00e9al, et le pr\u00e9server pour les g\u00e9n\u00e9rations futures.
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