Class action concerning the floods suffered by Sainte-Marthe sur le lac and towns of the Regional County Municipality of Deux-Montagnes.

On April 27, 2019, two events caused serious flooding: in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, 60 inches of water invaded the neighborhoods of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac near Lake Deux Montagnes, due to the breakage of the dam. protection of the waters of the lake. At the same time, the Lake of Two Mountains and the Ottawa River suffered a major flood.

A class action has been filed against Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, the Deux-Montagnes RCM and the Government of Quebec, in the interest of all flooded people in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac and in all the towns of the MRC, in on the one hand because of the flood, which has been a regular occurrence for several years, and also because of the omission, negligence and non-observance of the precautionary principle by the three adversaries who did not take the necessary measures to limit the flood, on the one hand that the dike of Sainte-Marthe was weakened and that on the other hand the phenomenon of large floods was predictable throughout the territory of the RCM, along the shores of the lake des Deux-Montagnes and the Ottawa River.

The personal rights of the concerned citizens have been violated, in the absence of a guarantee of security and peaceful enjoyment of their property, since they have been evacuated and are not sure of being able to return to their homes.