3-minute read
Blowing our tax dollars on windmills
The implicit subsidies to wind power.
5-minute read
Le ministre responsable de la Gaspésie fait économie… de logique
The Growing Cost of Electricity Production in Quebec.
1-minute read
The Growing Cost of Electricity Production in Quebec
Invoking “obvious economic reasons,” i.e., annual savings of $24 million, the Quebec government cancelled six small hydroelectric power projects this past February. In April, however, it announced new supply contracts for wind power, a sector that is already guaranteed to receive an implicit subsidy of $695 million a year until 2020. For Youri Chassin, economist at the MEI and the author of this Economic Note, we have an urgent need for rational decisions based on our actual energy requirements and not on artificial support of various energy sectors.
1-minute read
Que du vent ?
Quebec's new wind turbine projects.
3-minute read
Land of hydro also needs a lot of oil
Energy production and consumption in Quebec.
1-minute read
Quebec’s Energy Reality
Questions about energy are currently in the news on an almost daily basis in the province of Quebec. In addition, the Quebec government intends to adopt a new law on hydrocarbons in the near future, and next year, a new energy policy. In order to be able to discuss these topics seriously, it is useful to have a global picture of Quebec's energy reality. This Economic Note therefore provides a general overview of Quebec's energy consumption and production. It also highlights some of the energy challenges that the province will face in the years to come.
4-minute read
Paradoxe minier au Québec
The Quebec system of mining royalties.
4-minute read
Amenons le pétrole de l’Ouest au Québec
The Enbridge Pipeline Project.
3-minute read
Bring western oil to Quebec
Are pipelines dangerous?
1-minute read
Opinion Poll on Canadians’ Perceptions of Fossil Fuels
Léger Marketing opinion poll commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute.