Considering pipelines as an enemy instead of an ally in the fight against climate change speaks to a serious misunderstanding of the issue.

With COP26 just coming to a close in Glasgow, only 25% of Canadians (and 36% of Quebecers) are of the opinion that this conference helped find solutions to climate change. Health care and the economy clearly remain the top priorities for the Canadian population, and 65% of Canadians are not prepared to pay a single cent more to fight climate change.

With the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) set to begin in a few short days, governments are expected to double down on GHG emission reduction targets. A recent MEI publication described how carbon capture, utilization, and storage (CCUS) technologies can allow governments to reach their targets without compromising our standard of living. This follow-up publication offers tangible solutions to encourage uptake of this new technology by entrepreneurs.

As manager of my own financial assets, I am a supporter of passive management. But since the start of 2021, I’ve made an exception with my family’s two TFSAs.

Against all economic logic, and even environmental logic, the Quebec government finally decided yesterday, during the premier’s inaugural speech, to definitively ban fossil fuel exploration and development in the province.

Contre toute logique économique, et même environnementale, le gouvernement du Québec a finalement décidé d’aller de l’avant avec l’interdiction de l’exploration et de l’exploitation des hydrocarbures.

MONTRÉAL, le 20 octobre 2021 – Dans le cadre du discours d’ouverture livré hier à l’Assemblée nationale, le gouvernement du Québec a déclaré son intention d’exproprier toutes les entreprises détenant des droits sur le gaz naturel et le pétrole québécois. L’économiste et directeur des opérations de l’Institut économique de Montréal (IEDM), Miguel Ouellette, a souhaité réagir à cette nouvelle économique importante.

With GHG emission reduction targets getting ever more ambitious, and the pressing need for concrete results, the technological tools at our disposal keep improving. This publication looks at CO2 capture, utilization, and storage/sequestration (CCUS) technologies, which are playing a bigger and bigger role and could allow us to reach our targets without compromising our standard of living.

Cette semaine, nous apprenions que le gouvernement Legault irait de l’avant avec l’interdiction de l’exploration pour de l’énergie fossile au Québec.

Largely absent from the mainstream dialogue on the shifting energy landscape is any pragmatic talk about the productive use of carbon emissions.