7-minute read
Electricity in Quebec before Nationalization(1)
To mark this week’s 60th anniversary of the election of the Jean Lesage government in 1962, the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) publishes a short work of economic history looking at the national myth surrounding Hydro-Québec in this province.
4-minute read
Capping energy industry emissions is all pain, no gain
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.
11-minute read
The Economic Impact of Applying a Carbon Emissions Cap to the Oil and Gas Sector
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.
2-minute read
Won’t Someone Please Think of the Unintended Consequences of Mining Regulation?
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.
4-minute read
The high costs of climate ‘justice’ through lawfare
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.
3-minute read
Canada must export natural gas for economic and environmental reasons
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.
4-minute read
Le Canada doit exporter son gaz vers l’Europe
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.
IEDM – Le prix de l’essence ordinaire sous la barre des 2$ – Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy
July 8, 2022 | 6 min. | En direct (ICI Radio-Canada) Interview (in French) with Nathalie Elgrably-Lévy, Senior Economist at the MEI, […]
4-minute read
GNL Québec: un soutien énergétique primordial à l’Ukraine et à nos alliés européens
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.
1-minute read
Rapport – Positionnement face aux infrastructures énergétiques (in French only)
The Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) commissioned the firm Léger to gather the opinion of Quebecers on various issues related to energy infrastructure.