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The para-municipal organization that runs Parc Jean-Drapeau is considering scaling back the size of Osheaga, Canada’s leading music festival, and a representative for La Société du Parc Jean-Drapeau said it’s even possible the plan going forward will not include Osheaga at all.

Evenko, which runs all the major music festivals at Parc Jean-Drapeau, — including Osheaga, Heavy Montreal, ÎleSoniq and ’77 Montreal — has launched a petition to try to get public support for their events and to make sure they stay on Île Ste-Hélène, which along with Île Notre-Dame, makes up Parc Jean-Drapeau. Piknic Électronik, an electronic-music event that takes place on Île Ste-Hélène every Sunday, has launched a similar petition and the folks who run that are also worried their future on the island might be in jeopardy.

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La Sociéte du Parc Jean-Drapeau is in the process of drawing up a 10-year plan for the islands and the Office de consultation publique de Montréal is in the midst of a year-long consultation on the matter. There are public hearings coming at the end of the month.