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98% of the Lakes Are Inaccessible: the Rivers Foundation Offers Solutions - Fondation Rivières

Summary by Fondation Rivières
Montreal, June 18, 2025 – It is estimated that at least 98% of the lakes and rivers in southern Quebec are inaccessible to the public and leaving it to the massive privatization of the banks has transformed legal access to water into a privilege. The legal framework is so weak that the situation will deteriorate if nothing is done, warns the Rivières Foundation, which recommends to the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Andrée Laforest, to draw on t…
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Montreal, June 18, 2025 – It is estimated that at least 98% of the lakes and rivers in southern Quebec are inaccessible to the public and leaving it to the massive privatization of the banks has transformed legal access to water into a privilege. The legal framework is so weak that the situation will deteriorate if nothing is done, warns the Rivières Foundation, which recommends to the Minister of Municipal Affairs, Andrée Laforest, to draw on t…

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Fondation Rivières broke the news in on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.
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