The idea that the McInnis cement plant could pass into the hands of foreign interests after the Quebec state had granted it millions in financial support is greeted coldly by the opposition in Quebec.
The newspaper reported in its Saturday edition that the Brazilian conglomerate Votorantim has started a formal process to buy the shares of the cement plant located in Port-Daniel-Gascons, in the Gaspé, according to what said a well-informed source who preferred to remain anonymous.
At the time when the company gains in performance and that “the profits are coming”, the PQ member for Bonaventure, Sylvain Roy, maintains that this scenario “disappoints” him. “Why if it’s good for Brazilians, it’s not good for a Quebec company? ” he asks.
Ethics
The elected representative expresses doubts about the “ethics” that a foreign owner would adopt when faced with environmental issues such as that of the sticky dust discharges which recently affected the neighborhood of the factory and on the commitment that this buyer would testify for the vitality of the regional economy. “Moral behavior, we don’t know it. “
