Climate change-denying conspiracy theorist who claimed ``the government is starting forest fires'' pleads guilty to 14 arson charges
A conspiracy theorist who claimed Canada's wildfires were started by the government to make people believe in climate change has admitted in court that he actually started the fires himself. Ta.
Quebec man who blamed wildfires on government pleads guilty to setting 14 fires | CBC News
Quebec climate change conspiracy theorist pleads guilty to starting 14 fires | Daily Mail Online
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12969185/quebec-conspiracy-theorist-sets-fires-pleads-guilty.html
Brian Paré, 38 years old at the time of writing, was charged with 13 counts of arson and one count of arson with disregard for human life (setting a fire knowing it would cause damage to a human home) on January 15, 2024, in a courthouse in Sibougameau, Quebec. Pleaded guilty to arson.
Two of the 14 fires Palais started were large enough to force the evacuation of residents of 500 homes in Chappet, Quebec, prosecutor Marie-Philippe Charon told the court. At 8:30 p.m. on May 31, 2017, the town of Chape issued a mandatory evacuation order due to intense fires, specifically two fires started by the accused at Loch Cavan and the nearby airport. Residents were evacuated. could not return home until June 3rd.''
The most devastating fire was the Loch Cavan fire, which burned 873 hectares (8.73 million square meters) of forest, Prosecutor Sharon said.
Forest fires are frequent in this region, and according to the Forestry and Fire Protection Association of Canada (SOPFEU), nearly 80 wildfires broke out on June 1, 2023 alone, eight of which were 'out of control.' It was said that it was the scale.
The May 31 fire that started in Palais came three days after the Quebec government issued a ban on bonfires in and near forests due to the extreme heat and dry air.
Suspicious that a series of apparently non-natural fires had broken out in the same area in quick succession, authorities conducted an investigation on June 2 against Paré, who had been spotted in the area. Initially, Pare was treated as a witness to the fire, and Pare himself denied starting the fire, but during questioning, Pare showed an unusual interest in the fire, and the police He said he began to suspect that Pare had started the arson.
When police monitored Paré's social media postings, they found that Paré had posted photos and videos about the fires in Quebec, and that his thoughts and actions, which can be seen in his posts, were based on the culprits created by provincial police experts. It matched well with the image.
For example, Paré claims in the following
When police obtained a warrant to place a tracking device on Pare's car and investigated, it was confirmed that Pare was at the scene of the fire on September 1st and 5th, and Pare was arrested on the 7th. I did.
During interrogation, Pare admitted that he had set the fire, and claimed that his motive was ``testing whether the forest was really dry.''
Paré, who has been in custody since his arrest, did not speak during the hearing on January 15, 2024, only answering 'yes' to questions from the judge. A pre-sentence report will now be prepared, taking into account Paré's mental state and the risk he poses to public safety, and is expected to be submitted by April 22. Also, the punishment imposed on Paré is unknown at the time of writing.
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