{"id":1763,"date":"2014-06-02T00:00:16","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=1763"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:22:58","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:22:58","slug":"economics-of-transporting-and-processing-tar-sands-crudes-in-quebec","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/publication\/1763\/economics-of-transporting-and-processing-tar-sands-crudes-in-quebec\/","title":{"rendered":"Economics of Transporting and Processing Tar Sands Crudes in Quebec"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>This report examines the economics of transporting and processing Alberta tar sands crudes in Quebec. In particular, we focus on the benefits and costs to Quebec of these activities, and address the widespread uncertainty and disagreement as to how Quebec could be affected by crudes from the tar sands.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Tar sands proponents claim that Quebec will benefit from transport and processing of tar sands crudes, notably in terms of lower fuel (gasoline) prices and economic development (jobs and other spinoffs).1 In fact, more involvement in the tar sands would provide few (if any) benefits for Quebec, but would expose Quebec to substantial risks, costs, and negative environmental impacts.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/Goodman_report.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/Goodman_report-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/Goodman_report-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/Goodman_report-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/Goodman_report-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/Goodman_report-1056x1366.jpg 1056w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/Goodman_report-263x340.jpg 263w, https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/static\/planet4-canada-stateless\/2018\/06\/Goodman_report.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The report responds to the claims being made by tar sands proponents and explains why Quebec will not receive any significant benefits from more involvement with tar sands crudes, but will bear almost all of the risk\/cost of spills and other environmental impacts. 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