The train left
I think the train for a second dam has left. Sophie Brochu could not have alone put pressure on the Legault and Fitzgibbon tandem to promote her ideas and the vision she had of Hydro-Québec. We feel that the duo is already well advanced regarding the future of Hydro. It takes a yes man to lead our national flagship.
Serge Leduc, Pincourt
Old outdated recipes
Thank you, Mr. Auger, for reminding us that this government does not understand that it is time to act creatively to fight climate change by first creating a green economy. Sometimes I say to my friends: “Me, the old people, I’m no longer capable. This sentence is not addressed to seniors, including myself, but to those who refuse to hear that today’s problems cannot be solved with the old recipes of the past. In this sense, Messrs. Legault and Fitzgibbon are old people and I am no longer able to hear their talk of economic progress based on ways of doing things from another era. And, unfortunately, as we well know, we don’t change old people; they don’t listen and they are always right.
André Clermont, biologist and environmentalist, Austin
Need for viable solutions
And you, Mr. Auger, how would you ensure the development of Quebec? By not creating any wealth in writing without added value? It’s good to be against all changes (except climate change, which guarantees you an audience), but it would take viable solutions once in a while.
Sylvie Deslonchamps
Duty to conciliate
The idea of creating wealth using an enticing incentive, low-cost electricity for energy-intensive industry, can be attractive for economic growth and employment. However, there is another side to the coin with this way of doing things. We can assume that there will necessarily be an increase in the exploitation of raw materials that come from our living environment, that there will be an increase in the pollution of our environment by industrial discharges, that there will be a degradation of our natural environment due to the construction of more and more dams. If MM. Legault and Fitzgibbon are able to reconcile this exploitation with the concern to protect our environment and counter climate change, I tip my hat to them. The least we can expect from them are the arguments that will convince those who elected them.
André Brunelle
The economy at all costs won
With the departure of Sophie Brochu, the economy at all costs will have won over the ecological and sustainable economy. Superminister Fitzgibbon will have knocked out the aspirations of M.me Brochu towards a rational use of electricity as well as a development of energies according to the ecological priorities of the planet. But let’s face it: the Prime Minister’s environmental concerns are, and always will be, subjugated to his obsession with creating wealth. And the misfortune of these obsessions is that, in realizing them, one does not consider their harmful side effects. Yes, Mr. Legault could enrich us, but on what kind of planet will we be able to benefit from it?
Marc Couturier
The value of our hydropower
Totally agree with the CAQ’s solution. We are in Quebec the province that emits the least CO2 and it is thanks to our hydroelectricity. These are huge projects that provide incredible value to the entire population for generations.
Jean-Pierre Cote
Back to the stone age
To protect the environment it would be necessary according to many, and your text is an example of this, to stop all development, and even to switch to decline mode. Indeed, how can we maintain the current standard of living while reducing our consumption of fossil fuels without replacing them with renewable energies such as hydroelectricity? It would be good to remember that the motivation behind development has always been to improve our quality of life by introducing solutions that replace arm oil with machine oil, or the horse with the car. , the dishcloth by the dishwasher. If you are proposing a return to the Stone Age, you have to be honest and say so.
Michael Jacques
Another vision of wealth
We are playing our future, not only hydropower, but also our commitment to reducing the pollution we generate. It is dangerous to concentrate power in the hands of a power-hungry businessman who thinks only of the short term and wealth. Wealth is also better living and respect for the present and the future.
Mary Miville
Thinking Labrador
An old saying goes, “You can’t make an omelet without breaking some eggs. So, given our appetite and Quebec’s economic need for the kilowatt of electricity, the status quo and energy conservation are a productive and above all economic setback. Those who assert that the most profitable megawatt is the one that is not consumed have not thought that what is not used and produced does not bring in income. A new agreement between Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec might be a good solution. The current agreement brings almost nothing to our neighbors and their government cannot financially build a new dam of great hydroelectric power from which it could draw great profits. Moreover, it would be too expensive to transport all these kilowatts without going through Quebec, which has considerable expertise in the transmission of electricity. Yes, Quebec would lose royalties on the kilowatts coming from Labrador, but without an agreement, Hydro-Quebec could not use the hydroelectric potential of Labrador where few people live. It is also without thinking that the current agreement will end in just over 25 years. It’s tomorrow !
Denis Bourque
Not insignificant advantages
In addition to attracting energy-consuming companies and allowing the export of electricity, the construction of James Bay also allowed the electrification of residential heating in the 1980s. governments would be much worse, not to mention the impact on the balance sheet of international trade.
Benoit Marcoux