“It would have been too easy to build
a shoebox,” says Saint-Laurent Mayor,
Alan DeSousa. “But as a critical part
of our efforts to make sure our com-
munity has access to not only sports
and recreation activities, but all the
activities they need to be healthy and
thus happy, we wanted the building to
be exciting.”
These priorities are shared by the
governments of Canada and Québec,
who both recognize the importance
of recreational infrastructures for pro-
moting a healthy lifestyle, an ideal
community.
The project benefited from joint fi-
nancial assistance of over $23.3 mil-
Photo Credit : Olivier Blouin
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