A file photo of SUVs on sale at a dealership. Quebec’s premier is quick to reject “dirty” oil from Western Canada in favour of hydro power, but new data indicate the province’s citizens are buying record amounts of gasoline and increasingly purchasing trucks and bigger homes. Quebecers are widely seen across the country as environmentally conscious, but per capita, they are some of the highest consumers of energy on the planet, according to a report prepared by researchers at Universite de Montreal’s business school. Premier Francois Legault recently provoked the ire of western Canadians when he reminded journalists how there was “no social acceptability” in his province for a “dirty energy” pipeline from Alberta. READ MORE: ‘We are not at war with Alberta’: Quebec stands firm against pipeline Watch below: (From Dec. 12, 2018) Quebec Premier François Legault called Alberta oil “dirty energy” last week, setting off a war of words between himself and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, now other Alberta leaders are calling for a boycott of Quebec products. His comments drew rebukes from pundits and western leaders such as Alberta Premier Rachel Notley, who said Legault “needs to get off his high […]
