Les subventions du gouvernement à la consommation et au développement d'hydrocarbures au Québec

This report examines the consistency between the government of Québec's climate targets and its financial support for hydrocarbons, finding that the province continues to incentivize hydrocarbon consumption through tax relief and direct investments despite its low-carbon goals.

• The government of Québec has established ambitious climate and energy targets for 2030, including a greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction of 37.5% below 1990 levels, a 40% reduction in the consumption of petroleum-based products, and a 25% increase in total renewable energy production.
• Between the 2011-12 and 2016-17 periods, the Québec government provided an average of at least 300 million dollars annually in fuel-tax relief, which the report states contradicts the goal of reducing hydrocarbon consumption.
• The report concludes that the Québec government is taking actions that run counter to its 2030 and 2050 GHG reduction commitments by continuing to incentivize hydrocarbon use through tax exemptions, tax relief, budgetary transfers, and one-time direct investments.

APA

Touchette,, P. G. G. G.-L. (2018). Les subventions du gouvernement à la consommation et au développement d'hydrocarbures au Québec. International Institute for Sustainable Development. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/les-subventions-du-gouvernement-la-consommation-et-au-developpement

Chicago

Touchette,, Philip Gass,Ivetta Gerasimchuk,Frédéric Gagnon-Lebrun,Yanick. Les subventions du gouvernement à la consommation et au développement d'hydrocarbures au Québec. International Institute for Sustainable Development, 2018. https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/les-subventions-du-gouvernement-la-consommation-et-au-developpement.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{touchette2018les, author = {Touchette,, Philip Gass,Ivetta Gerasimchuk,Frédéric Gagnon-Lebrun,Yanick}, title = {{Les subventions du gouvernement à la consommation et au développement d'hydrocarbures au Québec}}, institution = {International Institute for Sustainable Development}, year = {2018}, month = mar, url = {https://www.iisd.org/publications/report/les-subventions-du-gouvernement-la-consommation-et-au-developpement}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }