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Quebec facility would produce 70,000 metric tons annually of green hydrogen to supply the province’s developing industrial decarbonization hub.

Quebec project is intended to produce 70,000 metric tons annually of green hydrogen to supply the province’s developing industrial decarbonization hub.

Quebec $2.9B project would produce 70,000 tons annually by 2028, while the B.C. project, valued up to $7B, would be one of the largest Indigenous energy projects in Canada.

Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet says allowing workers to carry out select, related tasks across trades could help accelerate construction projects.

Apartment dwellers will feel the squeeze this year in Quebec. According to a market forecast by Desjardins, the average Quebec rent could surge by as much as 10% in 2023 as new unit construction stagnates even amid an increase in demand.

Montreal calls a new housing bylaw the most powerful in North America but critics say itll drive up costs A new Montreal bylaw proposed and passed by Valérie Plante’s administration could reshape the way housing development works in the city, but not everyone is happy about it. Social Sharing

  MONTREAL -- Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, Quebec has had a good year in terms of residential construction starts, the best since 2004.  The Association of Quebec Construction and Housing Professionals (APCHQ) said that the number of housing starts reached 54,006 in 2020, an increase of 13 per cent compared to 2019. This is all the more surprising given that the construction sites were closed from March 24 to April 19, 2020, then partially until May 11, because of the novel coronavirus....