Pierre Poilievre would say yes to GNL Quebec… but would respect Quebec’s jurisdiction

The MP for the Ontario riding of Carleton, whom many see leading this race, had announced earlier in the day that, if he becomes Prime Minister of Canada, he would grant environmental authorizations to GNL Québec to move forward. with its project to export natural gas from Western Canada by boat on the Saguenay.

What I announced was that federal government permits will be approved by a Poilievre government. Permits issued by the Government of Quebec are the decision of the Government of Quebec. I can’t impose myselfhe swore on the show Public place tuesday.

Quebec Minister of the Environment, Benoit Charette, said no to GNL Quebec in July 2021, based on a report from the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l’environnement (BAPE).

Quebecers do not agree with this decision. Today, there was an Ipsos poll which showed that 53% are for the project. Also the polls show that the political class has lost contact with Quebecers. Quebeckers are for the use of Canadian energy instead of favoring the oil of polluting dictatorships. So the majority of Quebecers are with Pierre Poilievre on this issuecalculated Pierre Poilievre.

The survey in question was published Tuesday by the Montreal Economic Institute (IEDM). At the question In order to replace part of the Russian natural gas in Europe, the Quebec government should approve the LNG Quebec project to export liquefied natural gas to European countries such as Germanymore than one out of two Quebecers said they agreed.

According to Pierre Poilievre, the war in Ukraine leaves Canada no choice.

There are two options. Option number one: natural gas can come from dictatorships like Putin in Russia or other dictatorships around the world where there are no environmental standards. Option number two: we can produce this natural gas in a clean and green way here in Canada, especially in Quebec. Quebec has a huge environmental advantage for the liquefaction of natural gas to transport it overseas. One, hydroelectricity, which is the cleanest source of electricity, and two, it’s cold in Quebec. So it takes less energy to cool the gascontinued the candidate, in particular about the projected gas cooling plant at the port of Grande-Anse in La Baie.

Ottawa also said no

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault also rejected the LNG Quebec project in February 2022.

The other half of the project, the 780 kilometer pipeline, is still in the assessment process with the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. This portion is managed by Gazoduq, another subsidiary of the same parent company as GNL Québec, Symbio Infrastructure.

The BAPE had judged that the GNL Québec project had more disadvantages than advantages.

Photo: Radio-Canada / Rémi Tremblay

another war

In addition to the natural gas that he would export even more, Pierre Poilievre announced that he would turn his back on oil from abroad.

There will be another war if we continue to feed Putin’s army with money from consumers in Europe. There will be other problems if Canada continues to send our money to buy oil from overseas dictatorshipshe warned, when asked whether the conjuncture of the war in Ukraine was only temporary.

Richard Martel with Jean Charest

In Saguenay, the Conservative MP for Chicoutimi-Le Fjord, Richard Martel, has already announced that he supports Jean Charest to become the next Conservative leader. In addition, Richard Martel met with the president of GNL Québec, Tony Le Verger, on March 7, indicates the Registry of Lobbyists of Canada. This meeting took place one month to the day after Ottawa refused.

MP Richard Martel supports Jean Charest.

Photo: Facebook/Richard Martel (screenshot)

Even without the support of several Quebec MPs, Pierre Poilievre believes he is in tune with Quebecers.

I represent the values ​​of Quebecers. I’m fighting the inflation that the federal government has caused with money printing and big deficits. […] I want to make Canada the freest country in the world by giving Canadians and Quebecers back control of their liveshe concluded, in particular with reference to the health rules related to COVID-19.