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Oil Sands Money Doesn’t Change Quebec Concerns About Global Warming
Media Releases | Environmental Defence | February 17, 2010
“Quebec voters reject the attempt to buy off their concerns about global
warming,” said Gillian McEachern of Environmental Defence. “They won’t be
fooled into supporting policies which support the development of oil
sands, and the government will need to actually do something to reduce
global warming pollution to gain credibility.”
The poll findings include: – 56% of Quebecers surveyed disagreed that they should accept
increased global warming pollution due to money received from the oil
sands in Alberta, and 27% agreed. – 52% of Quebecers surveyed are less likely to vote for Prime
Minister Harper’s government due to his policies on climate change – 43%
of Quebecers surveyed said having a Quebec Minister of
Natural Resources has no effect on their opinion of the Prime Minister’s
policies and they are still against the growth of the oil sands, while
only 10% said it made them more likely to agree with his policies.
“This poll shows that environment is a real concern for Quebecers despite
the economic situation right now. Quebecers don’t want anything to do with
oil sands because they realize the impact it has on environment,”
explained Hugo Séguin of Équiterre.
The poll comes after a turbulent few months in Quebec-Canada relations
around climate policy. Premier Charest has been critical of the federal
government’s failure to act to reduce emissions, and Environment Minister
Jim Prentice recently called the Quebec government’s new vehicle
regulations a “glaring example of the folly of attempting to do it alone
in an integrated North American approach”.
The survey was conducted by Leger Marketing between February 8 and
February 10, 2010. Using a random sample of respondents in Quebec, this
method simulates a probability sample, which would yield a maximum margin
of error of +\-3.1%, 19 times out of 20 for the total sample of 1,002
respondents.
The complete poll can be found at:
http://environmentaldefence.ca/reports/reports.htm#protecting
www.equiterre.org.
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