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There’s a modest rumble of dissent this month opposing a planned expansion of Mont Cascades. But the expansion plan is neither new, nor going anywhere at the moment.
Mont Cascades owner Rick Hunter has called the project a “mini-Mont Tremblant,” and opposition surfaces from time to time.
That’s when Cantley Mayor Madeleine Brunette gets phone calls.
This time, she says, people started phoning because the municipality circulated a draft master plan this fall, as it does about every 10 years.
The master plan contains broad-brush designations similar to an Official Plan in Ontario. And it includes the expansion of Mont Cascades, which got people talking, although the plan contained nothing new about it.
Brunette and Aimé Sabourin, the councillor for the area around Mont Cascades, both told the Citizen Tuesday that they haven’t heard from the resort owners since a presentation to council nearly a year ago.
“People think we are moving ahead without consulting them,” Brunette said. But she says it’s just an “embryonic project … We haven’t had any formal request at the municipality of Cantley” to approve the project.
“There’s a lack of understanding on the part of some citizens. And it’s a bit surprising: The citizens who seem to oppose it are citizens of Chelsea and La Pêche.” Both of those municipalities are on the other side of the Gatineau River from Cantley.
Asked about opposition in Cantley, she said: “There is a little but not much.”
Sabourin agreed: “There are some who are against, but there are many who are for it.” He said the plan has been public for about 10 years, but he has heard nothing recently about it.
The expansion would add stores, restaurants and some form of condos or a hotel, as well as more lifts and runs. There would be a village at the base of the hill.
Brunette thinks this would help the area. Many people come to Cantley to ski, golf or ride, she said, but at the end of the day they leave because there is almost nowhere to spend the night.
“We want to hold on to those visitors, (including) people from Gatineau and from Eastern Ontario.”
She would like to see condos and rental accommodation close to the resort, with higher density than the standard one-acre lots in Cantley.
In January, the municipality gave approval to the general concept of a Mont Cascades expansion and village. It called the resort “one of the main economic engines of the municipality,” and says the expanded ski resort and village are expected to create 900 local jobs directly and indirectly.
Management at Mont Cascades didn’t return calls Tuesday.
tspears@ottawacitizen.com
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Mont Cascades owner Rick Hunter has called the project a “mini-Mont Tremblant,” and opposition surfaces from time to time.
That’s when Cantley Mayor Madeleine Brunette gets phone calls.
This time, she says, people started phoning because the municipality circulated a draft master plan this fall, as it does about every 10 years.
The master plan contains broad-brush designations similar to an Official Plan in Ontario. And it includes the expansion of Mont Cascades, which got people talking, although the plan contained nothing new about it.
Brunette and Aimé Sabourin, the councillor for the area around Mont Cascades, both told the Citizen Tuesday that they haven’t heard from the resort owners since a presentation to council nearly a year ago.
“People think we are moving ahead without consulting them,” Brunette said. But she says it’s just an “embryonic project … We haven’t had any formal request at the municipality of Cantley” to approve the project.
“There’s a lack of understanding on the part of some citizens. And it’s a bit surprising: The citizens who seem to oppose it are citizens of Chelsea and La Pêche.” Both of those municipalities are on the other side of the Gatineau River from Cantley.
Asked about opposition in Cantley, she said: “There is a little but not much.”
Sabourin agreed: “There are some who are against, but there are many who are for it.” He said the plan has been public for about 10 years, but he has heard nothing recently about it.
The expansion would add stores, restaurants and some form of condos or a hotel, as well as more lifts and runs. There would be a village at the base of the hill.
Brunette thinks this would help the area. Many people come to Cantley to ski, golf or ride, she said, but at the end of the day they leave because there is almost nowhere to spend the night.
“We want to hold on to those visitors, (including) people from Gatineau and from Eastern Ontario.”
She would like to see condos and rental accommodation close to the resort, with higher density than the standard one-acre lots in Cantley.
In January, the municipality gave approval to the general concept of a Mont Cascades expansion and village. It called the resort “one of the main economic engines of the municipality,” and says the expanded ski resort and village are expected to create 900 local jobs directly and indirectly.
Management at Mont Cascades didn’t return calls Tuesday.
tspears@ottawacitizen.com
twitter.com/TomSpears1
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