(Gatineau) François Legault accused Quebec solidaire of wanting to explode Quebec’s debt with its climate plan, and said that “we must be realistic” in the fight against climate change. Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois replies that this is a lie and that in 2022, being responsible means succeeding in the climate challenge. It promises a balanced financial framework.
Posted at 5:29 p.m.
Updated at 6:42 p.m.
In his plan tabled on Sunday, the parliamentary leader of QS revealed that his party would finance its climate plan with program spending of 7 billion in a first term and capital expenditure of 74 billion by 2030, mainly in public transport. , including 29 billion in a first term. The objective of Mr. Nadeau-Dubois’ party is to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 55% in 2030 compared to what they were in 1990, a higher target than that of the CAQ , wants to lower them by -37.5%.
But if Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois judges that “it’s in the next 10 years that it’ll make or break” and that “it’s the decade of the last chance”, François Legault estimates for his part that his plan is much too expensive for Quebec’s finances.
“When I look at Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, to name him, and he tells us that he is going to invest 81 billion more, I remind you that Quebec’s debt is 190 billion, so he is telling us that he will increase Quebec’s debt by 50%,” he said in alarm on Monday. “He’s going to have to explain to us where he’s going to get the money, by how much he’s going to raise taxes. At some point, you have to be realistic. Money doesn’t grow on trees,” he added.
Lies
The co-spokesperson for Québec solidaire did not take it. “It’s completely ridiculous. It is wrong. It’s wrong. This is a lie. Québec solidaire’s financial framework will be balanced,” said Mr. Nadeau-Dubois during a press scrum in Gatineau. He says that this framework will be unveiled in the coming days, in addition to a list of polluting infrastructure projects that will be removed from the Quebec infrastructure plan.
“When François Legault says that, he is lying to Quebecers. What we need in 2022 is not someone who tells stories of fear about ecological transition, it’s someone who takes responsibility. And in 2022, what does taking responsibility mean? It means mobilizing Quebecers so that we succeed in the climate challenge, not giving up like François Legault does, ”launched the parliamentary leader of Québec solidaire.
And then he went on the attack. “François Legault knows climate change as much as I know nuclear physics,” he quipped.
For the past 24 hours, Québec solidaire’s climate plan has been hailed by almost all climate change experts in Québec. […] Quebecers have a choice, who to believe, Mr. Third link, or the most credible Quebec experts on climate change.
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubpois
The parliamentary leader of Québec solidaire attacks the CAQ plan, a “cabbage leaf that does not even allow us to achieve half of its already tiny objective”.
Will the target be reached?
During its first mandate, the CAQ tabled a plan for a green economy that identified half of the effort to be made in order to achieve the GHG reduction target of 37.5% by 2030.
In a press scrum on Monday, François Legault recalled that the majority of GHGs are produced in Quebec by transport and industries. At the corporate level, he said, “we are working on green steel, on green aluminum, on green hydrogen, on the battery sector. »
But “all that is not for tomorrow morning. Must be realistic! “, pleaded the chief caquiste. “There are plenty of technologies that don’t exist today, but will exist in a few years,” he promised.
François Legault must make an important speech this week on the theme of the environment. This is one of the five issues that will mark a potential second term of the CAQ, promised the CAQ leader at the start of the campaign.