Quebec’s blocking of the controversial Energy East pipeline may one day be lead by PQ leadership hopeful Martine Ouellet.
If elected leader of the Parti Quebecois (PQ) next October, then Premier of Quebec in 2018, the Vachon MP will hear every possible option to ensure that the pipeline does not pass through Quebec.
It was already known that Ouellet, a candidate for the succession of Pierre Karl Péladeau, had huge reservations about the project, which she considers too risky for the environment.
In a press release on Tuesday, she went a step further by saying that if she runs the government, it will block the oil transportation project in Alberta by pipeline, one of the most polluting fuels on the planet, in her estimation.
She made it an issue of health and safety, fearing serious consequences, notably for drinking water, in case of breakage or leakage.
According to her, Quebec has several ways from preventing Energy East from passing through Quebec territory, such as not granting a permit, or refusing changes to agricultural zoning.
“It is not true that Quebec will be the fall guy” with this project, she argued in a phone interview.
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