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Opinions of participants
The Québec Green Party believed that climate change can only be resolved by
“reducing energy consumption and implementing renewable energy sources such as
wind or solar power” (DM571, p. 2). The AmiEs de la terre de Québec were also of
this opinion, and added that “a green plan with major GHG reduction targets,
complemented by innovative, clear and strict regulatory measures is needed”
(DM625, p. 67).
Many LNG terminals
Several participants questioned the need to build more than one LNG terminal in Québec,
referring to the Cacouna Energy Project, which was recently the subject of a public
hearing, and to a third project which is currently being developed in the Saguenay
region 1 . According to the GIRAM, “these private terminal projects are deemed to
represent four times the daily natural gas consumption in Québec […] this means that
there isn’t room for two LNG terminal facilities in Québec, unless we wish to play the role
of energy carrier for our neighbours” (DM461, p. 75).
Les Amis de la vallée du Saint-Laurent also decried the fact that these projects “had
been submitted to Québec society without the benefit of a comprehensive review by the
governments of Canada and Québec on this new kind of maritime and port
developments” (DM551, p. 6). Moreover, some participants believed that the individual
review of LNG terminal projects is a major flaw in the governmental assessment
process (Ms. Annie Lebel and Mr. Hubert Pelletier-Gilbert, DM160, p. 5 and 6).
According to Nature Québec, it is advisable to ensure an additional supply to meet
Québec’s potential needs, but “one terminal by itself, designed with an appropriate
capacity in mind or which could be expanded, would suffice to meet predictable
needs” (DM638, p. 9). In this respect, some believed that Québec’s LNG import
facilities could be concentrated in Cacouna (Mr. Raymond Therrien, DT18, p. 54;
Mr. Denis Latrémouille, DM462, p. 62). For others, however, Lévis must take
advantage of this opportunity to have Québec’s first LNG terminal facilities
(Mr. Conrad Larose, DM81, p. 2; Mr. Pierre Garant, DM543, p. 4).
Others saw things on a larger scale and believed that the possibility of having the
province of Québec supplied in natural gas by LNG terminals that are planned or in
place in the Maritimes and on the American East coast should be considered
(AQLPA, DM592.1, p. 110; Mr. Louis Duclos, DM458, p. 3; Ms. Lyne Gosselin,
DM584, p. 2; Mr. Louis Maccabée, Regroupement national des conseils régionaux de
1. Ms. Caroline Mongeau, DM30, p. 3; Mr. Benoît Bouffard, DM31, p. 6; Ms. Francine Demers Boutin, DM117, p. 4;
Conseil central de Québec–Chaudière-Appalaches, DM120, p. 3 and 4; Mr. Jacques Clermont, DM224, p. 4;
Mr. Louis Duclos, DM458, p. 2; Les AmiEs de la terre de Québec, DM625, p. 66.
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