The Parti Québécois (PQ) is calling on the Legault government to tear up the contract with the current operator of the Mont-Sainte-Anne ski resort and “take back control” of the site, after the Régie du bâtiment du Québec (RBQ) ordered the closure of four ski lifts. The PQ believes that the “negligent management” of Resorts of the Canadian Rockies (RCR) and “its refusal to invest have led to the deterioration of the Mont-Sainte-Anne facilities.” “Ski lift problems causing injuries, a gondola crash, a footbridge collapse, a parking lot subsidence, demolition of the Crête summit chalet... (...) These are not circumstantial events; no one can deny RCR’s inability to ensure the safe management of Mont-Sainte-Anne,” said PQ MNA for Capitale-Nationale Pascal Paradis in a news release on Monday morning. On Friday, the RBQ ordered the closure of four ski lifts following inspections carried out a few days earlier in connection with a failure on a high-voltage network. The RBQ’s decision led to the postponement of the resort’s opening, which was scheduled for last weekend. For the PQ, “recess must end” for RCR, an Alberta-based company. According to the opposition party, it is time for the Quebec government to take “all necessary measures to terminate its contractual relationship with RCR and regain control of Mont-Sainte-Anne.” This could involve special legislation, if necessary, according to Paradis. The MNA also believes that the CAQ government must cancel the agreement under which Quebec and RCR committed last year to invest $50 million each to improve “the entire ski area” and install new ski lifts. This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on Dec. 15, 2025.
