Legault Turns His Back on Fossil Fuel Development in Quebec

Legault Turns His Back on Fossil Fuel Development in Quebec
Quebec Premier François Legault rises during question period at the legislature in Quebec City on May 25, 2021. Quebec will not pursue the development of the fossil fuel industry, Legault announced on Oct. 19, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Noé Chartier
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Quebec Premier François Legault recently declared that the province is completely done with fossil fuel extraction and is now being pressured not to compensate the impacted companies.

During his speech to open the new legislative session on Oct. 19, Legault said that going forward, Quebec needs to “count on its assets to profoundly transform our economy” by relying on electricity and renewable energy and ending fossil fuel extraction.

Noé Chartier
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Noé Chartier is a senior reporter with the Canadian edition of The Epoch Times. Twitter: @NChartierET
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