Mathieu Bourdon has been paddling the Magpie River's rapids for over 25 years. Now, he's taking Benoit Croteau down for the first time so he can experience the river's power for himself.
23 febbraio 2021 18:31
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- QUEBEC, Feb. 23, 2021 /PRNewswire/ The Muteshekau-shipu Alliance today announced the granting of legal personhood to the Magpie River, through the adoption of two parallel resolutions by the Innu Council of Ekuanitshit and the Minganie Regional County Municipality (RCM). The river is thus assigned nine rights, as well as potential legal guardians responsible primarily for ensuring that these rights are respected. This is the first such case in Canada.
The announcement was made in partnership with the International Observatory on the Rights of Nature (IORN), based in Montreal, Canada, which drafted the resolutions in collaboration with the Alliance. The two resolutions, more than ten pages each and crammed with references, rest on multiple legal bases in national and international law and will help protect the river.
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