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How can the crisis in the forestry sector be resolved?
The crisis in Quebec’s forestry sector is attracting plenty of attention because of the many plant closings and resulting job losses. But this is hardly the first time the industry has faced a crisis. In the late 1970s, to make up for its declining competitiveness, the Quebec paper industry invested $1.25 billion of its own funds and $250 million from the federal and provincial governments to modernize its installations. Strong market growth meant that the higher productivity from these investments could be achieved without job losses.

4-minute read
Un remède aux algues bleues
A solution to the blue-green algae problem.

3-minute read
Vers une escouade de «cyano-macoutes»?
The causes that explain the proliferation of blue-green algae in some lakes.

3-minute read
Vers une escouade de «cyano-macoutes»?
The causes that explain the proliferation of blue-green algae in some lakes.

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Hypocrisie ou bêtise
Live Earth and the ecological menace.

4-minute read
Le mythe de l’éthanol
The production of ethanol and its outcomes.

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La Terre se réchauffe, restons calme
the debate over global warming.

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Encore des propos hérétiques
The debate over global warming.

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Propos hérétiques
The debate over global warming.

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Un potentiel sous-exploité
Alberta’s wealth Vs Quebec’s poverty.