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.

After many years of public policies aimed at reducing GHGs, layered one on top of the other, it’s time to ask ourselves if our rural regions are not being penalized disproportionately by all of these measures.

If we want to have a chance of hitting this ambitious target, we need to shift the narrative from blaming the oil and gas industry to embracing it as an integral part of the solution.

Après de nombreuses années où se sont multipliées les politiques publiques visant à réduire les émissions de GES, il est temps de faire le point sur l’application et les résultats de ces mesures.

For many years, governments have been piling measure upon measure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, all in an effort to fight climate change. This Economic Note published by the MEI analyzes the extent to which these public policies have a disproportionate impact on the country’s rural regions.

The economy and the environment are two major concerns for Canadians in the current election. A number of irreconcilable objectives are driving public debate surrounding these matters.

In 2018, the federal government introduced a carbon tax applicable to those provinces that had not yet adopted a carbon pricing system.

Il est temps de revoir notre façon d’évaluer les grands projets, tant au Québec que dans le reste du Canada, afin de donner la parole aux gens véritablement concernés.

It’s time to rethink how we evaluate large projects, both in Quebec and in the rest of Canada, in order to give a voice to the people who are truly affected by them.