Quebec promises major windmill project coming [Video]

In Rimouski for his party’s pre-sessional caucus, Premier François Legault promised on Wednesday evening to develop the wind energy sector more aggressively.

The premier outlined his vision for the Bas-Saint-Laurent and Gaspésie regions at a cocktail party held at the Hôtel Rimouski in the presence of CAQ elected representatives, their political staff and a number of supporters.

“Twenty-seven per cent of wind power in Quebec is produced here,” he said. “I have nothing against doubling that capacity. (…) I can’t imagine a finer social project for our young people.

Legault’s speech focused almost exclusively on energy as he prepares to appoint a new minister to replace Pierre Fitzgibbon, who said he is leaving political life.

Legault reassured the audience that, thanks to the “visionary” premiers of the past, “there’s no need to worry about residential energy for the next 50 years, we have enough electricity.”

“Today, the opportunity we have …