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understand that our trade relationship with the United States isn’t what it once was. It’s as simple as that. We need to diversify our trading partners. The million-dollar question is: how? I don’t think It’s possible without a pipeline. I believe Quebecers are starting to understand that. There is the pipeline, but I strongly believe that GNL Quebec [proposed LNG project in the Saguenay Region to transport Alberta natural gas to Europe] could have even stronger public support, as it offers a direct way to diversify our trading partners. This wouldn’t only benefit our European allies but would open doors to other countries also. CEC: What do you see happening next? Giguère: It will depend on political leadership in Quebec. When we are talking about pipelines here, the discussion always
circles back to Energy East, which was scrapped because there was “no social acceptability.” Nobody can say that today. It’s not possible to tell me there’s no social acceptability when you have twice as many people who want a pipeline than those who don’t. There is clearly social acceptability. The real issue is heavy regulation, such as the Impact Assessment Act. To be clear, I’m not saying we should not have any environmental impact assessment, but we need to make sure that the current regulatory framework allows the construction of big energy infrastructure projects. Political leaders need to recognize that diversifying our trading partners is their responsibility and requires facilitating the projects to make that possible.
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