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CBC | Should Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue allow backyard chickens? This group thinks so

Published: 15 August 2019

A sustainable food group based out of McGill's West Island campus wants Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue to allow residents to raise chickens in their backyard. The group, Mac Regenerative Food Hub, launched a petition Friday, calling on the municipality to legalize small-scale poultry husbandry. So far, more than 50 people have signed the petition. Its stated goal is to have 100 signatures. Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue has a population of just under 5,000 people. The group argues it would make sense to allow raising chickens in the city, where there are already several agro-environmental science initiatives, including at McGill University's Macdonald Campus. 

Vincent Desaulniers-Brousseau, a member of the group and the garden supervisor at the Permaculture Showcase Garden on the Macdonald Campus, says gathering signatures for the petition is a way to show the city there's interest among its residents. 

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