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CANADA’S AND QUEBEC’S ENERGY NEEDS - Montreal Economic Institute - Research report

22 Nov 2022

In your opinion, should Quebec develop its own oil resources or continue to import 100% of the oil it needs? 4 ‒ Base: All respondents in Quebec in 2022 (n=405), 2021 (n=400), 2020 (n=400) et 2019 (n=400) Six in ten (59%) Canadians in favour of increasing incentive measures for carbon sequestration to be equivalent to those offered by the American government. [...] Would you be in favour or opposed to the 6 ‒ © Ipsos Canadian government increasing the incentive measures offered so they would be the equivalent to those offered by the American government? Base: All respondents (n=1,162) Almost eight in ten (78%) Quebecers prefer to import oil from Western Canada – a 7-point increase compared to last year. [...] Quebec only Attitudes about the source of Quebec’s imported oil 78 % 9 % 2 % 12 % Western Canada The United States Other I don’t know 2021: 71 % 2021: 7 % 2021: 5 % 2021: 17 % 2020: 71 % 2020: 8 % 2020: 6 % 2020: 16 % 2019: 65 % 2019: 13 % 2019: 5 % 2019: 17 % Significantly higher or lower compared to Q3. [...] In your opinion, is it preferable for the oil imported from outside Quebec to come from… 8 ‒ © Ipsos Base: All respondents in Quebec in 2022 (n=405), 2021 (n=400), 2020 (n=400) et 2019 (n=400) A majority of Canadians (57%) believe that the pipeline is the safest means of transporting oil, a significant 10-point increase since 2021. [...] 12 © Ipsos To what extent do you think that Quebec should extract its own natural gas resources to export some to Europe? ‒ Base: All respondents in Quebec in 2022 (n=405) Almost half of Canadians (49%) believe the Quebec government should reverse its decision and approve the LNG project in order to export natural gas to Europe by passing through the Saguenay; almost a quarter disagree (23%).

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