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The mayor of Saguenay, Jean Tremblay, wants to start a movement “against Greenpeace and intellectuals of the world” in order to preserve jobs in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean.

In a video posted online Tuesday, Tremblay said the environmental organization is trying to block economic development in the region by being “smarter than the governments who establish the rules and are elected.”

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In his plea, the mayor adds that unions and workers should mobilize or face a decline in employment in the region.

He continues by asking Greenpeace to leave Quebec alone and vows that project developpers “know the environment very well and have great respect for nature.”

Last week, Résolu announced it would be closing one of its paper production machines at a factory in Alma, subsequently laying off 85 people.