{"id":49364,"date":"2021-07-21T16:05:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T20:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/?p=49364"},"modified":"2025-07-02T04:08:52","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T08:08:52","slug":"gnl-quebec-project-rejected-another-great-people-powered-victory-over-the-fossil-fuel-industry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.greenpeace.org\/canada\/en\/press-release\/49364\/gnl-quebec-project-rejected-another-great-people-powered-victory-over-the-fossil-fuel-industry\/","title":{"rendered":"GNL Qu\u00e9bec Project Rejected: Another Great People-Powered Victory Over the Fossil Fuel Industry"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Montreal, Quebec, Rouyn-Noranda<\/strong> – The signatory groups welcome the Quebec government’s announcement rejecting the GNL Qu\u00e9bec<\/em> LNG project. This announcement is a victory for the tens of thousands of people who have mobilized over the past three years. <\/p>\n\n

Over the years, more than 120,000 Quebecers<\/a> have signed a petition against the project. There are also 54 student associations representing nearly 360,000 students<\/a>, more than 648 scientists<\/a>, including 250 doctors and health professionals<\/a>, 40 economists<\/a>, more than 60 civil society groups, all opposition parties<\/a> (representing 58% of voters) and three Innu communities<\/a> that have taken a stand against GNL Qu\u00e9bec<\/em>. The public consultations of the Bureau d’audiences publiques sur l\u2019environnement (BAPE) also saw a historic participation with the submission of more than 2500 briefs \u2014 of which more than 90% were opposed<\/a> to the project \u2014 leading to a devastating BAPE report<\/a>. This rejection is the result of an unprecedented collective effort of which thousands of Quebecers can now be proud. <\/p>\n\n

With this decision, the government is siding with the many scientists who have condemned the project, both because of the enormous GHG emissions it would have generated and because of the harmful effects on the St. Lawrence belugas. <\/p>\n\n

“The Quebec government’s announcement of the rejection of the GNL Qu\u00e9bec <\/em>project demonstrates that there is no future for fossil fuel projects,” said the environmental groups<\/strong>. \u201cWith the death of the Energy East pipeline in 2017, the setback of Goldboro LNG earlier this month and the rejection of GNL Qu\u00e9bec<\/em> today, we can finally look forward to a future without new pipelines in la belle province<\/em>.” <\/p>\n\n

This decision is also the result of several years of mobilization. The first protest against the project was organized by frontline activists from the Innu nation<\/a> in 2017, and since then the mobilization has not stopped growing: hundreds of events against the project have taken place across the province. These demonstrations have brought together hundreds of thousands of Quebecers of all ages and backgrounds behind a common slogan: \u201cWe deserve better!\u201d <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

The groups would also like to highlight the leadership of local organizations that have stood up to Goliath in recent years, including the Fjord Coalition<\/a> in the Saguenay, the Innu Mashk Assi collective on the Nitassinan, the Mouvement citoyen littOralement inacceptable in Tadoussac, the Comit\u00e9 citoyen carboneutre de la MRC de Maskinong\u00e9 in the Mauricie region, as well as Gazoduq parlons-en, the Rouyn-Noranda Anti-pipeline Coalition  and Action bor\u00e9ale in Abitibi-T\u00e9miscamingue. <\/p>\n\n

“It is now time to move forward and develop projects for a resilient future\u201d, the groups concluded<\/strong>. \u201cWe must work to implement an ecological and social transition by putting forward sustainable economic development projects that respect nature. We are excited to turn the page on four years of relentless mobilization and are ready to participate, with local communities, in the development of forward-looking projects committed to a green transition in a 21st century economy.” <\/p>\n\n

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The signatory groups are : <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Action Environnement Basses-Laurentides, Amnesty international Canada francophone,  the Quebec Association of Physicians for the Environment (QAPE), the Rouyn-Noranda Anti-Pipeline Coalition, the Coalition \u00e9tudiante Arr\u00eatons GNL, the Coalition \u00e9tudiante pour un virage environnemental et social (CEVES), Eau Secours, ENvironnement JEUnesse, \u00c9quiterre, David Suzuki Foundation, Greenpeace, le Mouvement citoyen littOralement inacceptable, Nature Qu\u00e9bec, La Plan\u00e8te s’invite en Sant\u00e9, Protect Our Winters Canada, le Regroupement national des conseils r\u00e9gionaux de l’environnement du Qu\u00e9bec (RNCREQ), le Regroupement vigilance hydrocarbures Qu\u00e9bec, la Soci\u00e9t\u00e9 pour la nature et les parcs (SNAP Qu\u00e9bec), the Syndicat de la fonction publique et parapublique du Qu\u00e9bec (SFPQ) and WWF-Canada.<\/p>\n\n

For more information: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n

Alice-Anne Simard, directrice g\u00e9n\u00e9rale, Nature Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n\n

(418) 803-4992; alice-anne.simard@naturequebec.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Anthony C\u00f4t\u00e9 Leduc, relations m\u00e9dias, \u00c9quiterre<\/p>\n\n

(514) 605-2000 ; acoteleduc@equiterre.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Charles Bonhomme, sp\u00e9cialiste, communications et affaires publiques, Fondation David Suzuki<\/p>\n\n

(438) 883-8348 ; cbonhomme@davidsuzuki.org<\/p>\n\n

Philippa Duchastel de Montrouge, communication officer, Greenpeace Canada<\/p>\n\n

514 929-8227 ; pduchast@greenpeace.org <\/a><\/p>\n\n

Diego Creimer, relations gouvernementales, SNAP Qu\u00e9bec<\/p>\n\n

514-999-6743 ; diego@snapquebec.org<\/a> <\/p>\n\n

Fran\u00e7ois Gagn\u00e9, co-porte-parole, Coalition anti-pipeline de Rouyn-Noranda<\/p>\n\n

(819) 290-9958 ; coalitionantipipeline@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n

Pamela Daoust, Communications Director, Quebec Association of Physicians for the Environment (QAPE)(514) 267-2589 ; pamela@cape.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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