In an interview with Nathalie Collard from La Presse, Nicolas Marceau, Quebec\u2019s new Finance Minister, answered a few questions about his ambition to counter Quebec\u2019s trade deficit with energy independence. In other words, how can Quebec become an oil free economy?
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In an interview with Nathalie Collard from La Presse, Nicolas Marceau, Quebec\u2019s new Finance Minister, answered a few questions about his ambition to counter Quebec\u2019s trade deficit with energy independence. In other words, how can Quebec become an oil free economy?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Facts<\/strong> The annual trade deficit for oil in Quebec (est. 100$\/barrel) is of $ 10 950 000 000.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Sustainable Community Solution<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n Developed and operated in Qu\u00e9bec by Will Solutions, the Sustainable Community Solution aims at reducing GHGs by 32 million metric tons of C02 from 2010 to 2020. According to the EPA\u2019S Greenhouse Gas Calculator, that represents an annual GHG output of 5,7 million passenger vehicles or the planting of 745 million trees to sink those GHGs. 80% of the targeted GHG reductions by Will Solutions would come from Quebec\u2019s small and medium sized businesses. This plan would directly reduce Quebec\u2019s dependence on fossil fuels. If successful, Will\u2019s Sustainable Community Solution (2010-2020) will contribute to reduce Quebec\u2019s energy dependence on oil by 4,9% yearly until 2020 and by 6,7% in 2020 alone. For a 10 year period that is equivalent to removing 5,7 million vehicles off the roads or planting 744 million trees. And all of these reductions from Will\u2019s Sustainable Community Solution come at the small and medium sized business level where it is difficult for federal governments to reach but easier for local populations to get involved. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n Martin Clermont, CEO of Will Solutions<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In an interview with Nathalie Collard from La Presse, Nicolas Marceau, Quebec\u2019s new Finance Minister, answered a few questions about his ambition to counter Quebec\u2019s trade deficit with energy independence. In other words, how can Quebec become an oil free economy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog_list"],"yoast_head":"\n
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