In "la Presse Web site today"...I made this summary for those who can't read french
In the office of the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, spokesperson Genevive Tremblay adds that "the best way to no longer depend on imported gas and oil is by reducing our consumption". “This is true for Quebec and it is also part of the solutions identified by European leaders. What we see is that a shift towards renewable energies will accelerate in Europe. And it is in this niche, where Quebec excels, that we can help in the short and medium term, "she analyzes.
“The climate crisis is going to be much more important for our economy, much more broadly than the few gains that we could make in the short term by thinking of exploiting certain hydrocarbons more. The recent report of the IPCC [Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, an intergovernmental body open to member countries of the United Nations] demonstrates this: we are in an unprecedented crisis, ”she adds.
Pierre-Olivier Pineau, holder of the energy chair at HEC Montral, makes the same observation. “The Russian conflict underscores the importance of making a rapid energy transition, of ending our consumption of oil and natural gas, because it is the revenues from these products that allow Russia to act as it does. The oil rent made it possible to enrich Putin and his armies,” he concludes.