CPTAQ wants to protect quality farmland

The site of the future Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital will result in the loss of valuable farmland, according to the Commission for the Protection of Agricultural Land in Quebec (CPTAQ).
The CPTAQ said the construction of a hospital in Vaudreuil-Soulanges would result in the loss of nearly 25 hectares of farmland.
“Nobody questions the relevance of building a hospital to serve the population of this territory,” said Christian St-Jacques, president of Union des Producteurs Agricoles (UP