Allison Hanes: Could recognizing rights for nature help save it? What s left of Montreal s historic St. Pierre River is little more than a polluted puddle these days but even that is in imminent peril.
Author of the article: Allison Hanes • Montreal Gazette
Publishing date: Apr 26, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 4 minute read • One of the rights we re asking for is the right to exist that s the very first one and then the right to flow and to flow without pollution, says Louise Legault on behalf of what s still visible of the St. Pierre River, seen behind her on the grounds of the Meadowbrook Golf Course. Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette