Eco-doom predictions.

Safe transportation of oil.

The cost of economic restrictions on energy.

The likely costs in terms of jobs and economic activity of conservation measures to protect the boreal caribou.

Since the addition of the boreal caribou to the threatened species list, the Quebec government has made considerable efforts to protect its habitat by limiting forestry companies’ access to the public forest. No one denies the need to have in place conservation measures for protecting biodiversity, as long as they have concrete positive effects and that the associated costs are not out of proportion with the goals. When it comes to the boreal caribou, though, these two criteria are not necessarily respected.

The natural resources sector's tax and regulatory burden.

The cost of a carbon tax.

Exploiting shale gas versus certain levels of risk.

Exploiting shale gas vs. certain levels of risk.

Economic growth and wealth creation vs. climate change.