Ottawa’s oil and gas emissions cap proposal amounts to nothing more than political greenwashing, where we get to feel like we did something, but we really just paid through the nose for something with little to no positive effect.

This study from the MEI describes how the federal government’s proposal to cap the energy sector’s greenhouse gas emissions would cause substantial economic losses, without achieving any net reduction in global emissions.

While more and more people are calling for the electrification of transportation and an energy transition, the mining projects upon which this transition depends are suffering from political instability that keeps putting them in peril.

The anti-energy left has weaponized consumer protection laws in the United States to punish oil and gas companies simply for carrying out their core business.

Despite substantial economic benefits, the governments of Quebec and Canada refuse to green-light the development of natural gas or the construction of the energy infrastructure needed to export the gas already produced.

Malgré d’importants gains économiques, les gouvernements du Québec et du Canada refusent de donner le feu vert au développement du gaz naturel ou à la construction des infrastructures énergétiques requises pour exporter le gaz déjà produit.

July 8, 2022 | 6 min. | En direct (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy, Senior Economist at the MEI, […]

Avec le conflit qui perdure et la volonté de l’Europe de trouver d’autres sources de gaz naturel, le Québec ne devrait pas manquer cette occasion de venir en aide à ses alliés et d’ainsi se démarquer en tant que leader de la transition énergétique.

The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) commissioned the firm Léger to gather the opinion of Quebecers on various issues related to energy infrastructure.

May 17, 2022 | 5 min. | Toujours le matin (Ici Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Miguel Ouellette, Director of Operations and […]