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Québec’s Mari.me Strategy:
A unique and ambi.ous integrated project of economic, social and environmental
development
Marine Infrastructure Na/onal Workshop 3 février 2016
Québec
RETROSPECTIVE
• May 2014: Appointment of a Minister for Transport and the Implementa/on of the Mari/me Strategy
• Mai 2014: Crea/on of the Secrétariat à l’implanta/on de la Stratégie mari/me
• Summer of 2014 : Consulta/on of the industry partners • Mars 2015: Financial framework ($ 1,5 billion) • June 29, 2015: Officiel launching of the Mari/me Strategy • Implementa/on of the Mari/me Strategy
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QUÉBEC’S ASSETS
• A unique geography, with the St-‐Lawrence River posi/oning Québec as the gateway to eastern North America
• Well-‐performing and developped industries
• A skilled labour • A vast network of interna/onally renowned research and innova/on ins/tutes • Extraordinary tourist aZrac/ons • A wide array of diversified ecosystems
• The most important supply of dringking water for Québec’s popula/on
• An excep/onal quality of life
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• Economic and comprenhensive trade agreement between Canada and the European: a market of 510 million people
• Trans-‐Pacific Partnership (TPP): free trade agreement between 12 countries
• Economic growth in the BRICS countries
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QUÉBEC’S OPPORTUNITIES
• North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
! 420 millions consumers
• Emergence of the fluvial and mariVme cruises industries
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• Plan Nord du Québec ! Poten1al for mining, energy, social, cultural and tourism
development in Québec north
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THREE STRATEGIC DIRECTION
• Sustainably develop the mariVme • Protect the mariVme territory and its ecosystems
• Enhance quebecers’ quality of life
SUSTAINABLY DEVELOP THE MARITIME ECONOMY
• Priority 1: Invest in infrastructure • Priority 2: Establish logis/cal hubs • Priority 3: Develop industrial port zones • Priority 4: Support Québec shipyards • Priority 5: Develop short sea shipping • Priority 6: Develop and modernize mari/me tourism • Priority 7: Modernize and ensure the sustainability of the fishing and aquaculture
industries • Priority 8: Train and develop skilled labour • Priority 9: Foster the development of knowledge in the mari/me sector • Priority 10: Engage in the interna/onal promo/on of Québec’s mari/me industries
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PROTECT THE MARITIME TERRITORY AND ITS ECOSYSTEMS
• Priority 1: Protect the biodiversity of freshwater and seawater ecosystems
• Priority 2: Enhance risk management related to mari/me transport
• Priority 3: Contribute to the fight against climate change
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ENHANCE QUEBECERS’ QUALITY OF LIFE
• Priority 1: Foster local economic spinoff • Priority 2: Enhance the service offer of ferries and open up the
communi/es concerned • Priority 3: Target social acceptability and the involvement of
communi/es • Priority 4: Foster the aZrac/on and reten/on of young people • Priority 5: Combat coastal erosion and support the communi/es
concerned
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2015-‐2020 FINANCIAL FRAMEWORK: $ 1.5 billion
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Speed up investment in commercial port infrastructures in Québec 200.0 M$
Enhance implanta/on of logis/cal hubs with partners’ support 400.0 M$
AZract private investment by focusing on Québec’s logis/cal and port infrastructure 450.0 M$
Foster the expansion of mari/me tourism 76.6 M$
Extend the refundable tax credit for Gaspésie and certain mari/me regions in Québec and upgrade them for Îles-‐de-‐la-‐Madeleine
55.5 M$
Support research and innova/on 15.8 M$
Support the mari/me sector through key ini/a/ves 70.0 M$
Coordinate government ac/on 1.5 M$
Improve road access to the Port of Montréal 75.0 M$
Tax incen/ves for ship construc/on and renova/on and to support job crea/on in mari/me regions 109.4 M$
New program to develop mari/me tourism and to refurbish the Dalhousie site in Québec City 61.0 M$
TOTAL 1 514.8 M$
Total investments – private and public : $ 2.9 billion
INTERNATIONAL COMPONENT • Economic mission to France (March 2015) • 39th Conference of New England Governors (August 2015) • Par/cipa/on in Climate Week in New York City (September 2015) • Mission to Mexico (October 2015) • 3rd Arc/c Circle Assembly, in Reykjavik (Iceland – October 2015) • Economic mission to Belgium, the Netherlands and France (October 2015) • Mission to promote the Mari/me Strategy in Chicago (October 2015) • Economic mission to France (November 2015) • Par/cipa/on in the New England-‐Canada Business Council, in Boston (November
2015) • 21st Climate Change Conference, in Paris (December 2015) • World Economic Forum, in Davos and Milan (Switzerland and Italy – January 2016)
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IMPLEMENTATION
Marine transportaVon infrastructure investment support program • 200 M$ to support projects in the marine sector
Three components • Upgrade marine and intermodal freight transporta/on infrastructure
(inspec/ons, studies, and upkeep and construc/on works) • Support pilot projects in marine freight transporta/on • Modernize infrastructures used for marine transporta/on of passengers,
par/cularly in the intermediate ferry sector
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NINE MAJOR PROJECTS A: INFRASTRUCTURE
LogisVcal hubs • Bring in management specialized in administering these sites • Meet with partners interested in becoming established in Québec
Industrial port zones • Development of a structured process to implement these zones • Prepara/on of a collabora/on agreement with the partners associated with sixteen
port facili/es with high poten/al for implementa/on • Crea/on of three local implementa/on commiZees in January 2016: Bécancour, Port-‐
Car/er and Sorel-‐Tracy • Crea/on of future local implementa/on commiZees
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NINE MAJOR PROJECTS
A: INFRASTRUCTURE
Capital logisVque Québec • Gouvernement du Québec: 200 M$ over five years • Fonds de solidarité FTQ : 100 M$ over five years • Inves/ssement Québec and Fonds de Solidarité FTQ: joint administra/on of the Fund • Support for the implementa/on of logis/cal ac/vi/es in the industrial port zones and in
the hubs of Québec, including those of Contrecœur and Vaudreuil-‐Soulanges • Awai/ng a governmental order • Promo/on and implementa/on of the agency
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NINE MAJOR PROJECTS
B: RESEARCH AND INNOVATION Réseau Québec MariVme • Proposal currently being studied by the Gouvernement du Québec • Tabling within the next few weeks of a proposal from the Gouvernement du
Québec of an agreement for the crea/on of the Réseau Québec Mari/me • Mee/ngs between the Secrétariat aux affaires mari/mes and all stakeholders
to set the guidelines for this new partnership
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NINE MAJOR PROJECTS
B: RESEARCH AND INNOVATION France-‐Québec InsVtute on mariVme issues • Conclusive nego/a/ons owing to recent missions to France • Official crea/on: in 2016 • Officializing of collabora/ve /es with Réseau Québec Mari/me
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NINE MAJOR PROJECTS
C: ENVIRONMENT Management ExperVse Centre of the risk of mariVme accidents, the Îles-‐de-‐la-‐Madeleine • Finalizing valida/on of the aspects necessary for this centre to be brought into
service • Development of the financing structure within the next few weeks • Opening desired: 2017
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NINE MAJOR PROJECTS C: ENVIRONMENT
Marine protected areas • Commitment by the Gouvernement du Québec to protect at least 10% of Québec’s
marine area, as part of the Mari/me Strategy (14,500 km2) • A shared willingness of the governments of Canada and Québec to protect Québec’s
marine areas • Finaliza/on of a Canada-‐Québec framework agreement to facilitate the crea/on of
marine protected areas, in the spring of 2016 • Crea/on of a marine protected area on the American Bank: 1,000 km2 off the coast of
Gaspésie • Poten/al plan for a marine protected area, off the Îles-‐de-‐la-‐Madeleine • Development of future plans for marine protected areas
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NINE MAJOR PROJECTS D: EDUCATION New program of professional seamanship studies • Development of a new program of professional studies for versa/le training
adapted to the needs of businesses, deck-‐hands and engine room employees • Selec/on of the best ins/tu/on to deliver the program • Implementa/on: in 2017, subject to availability of partners in the labour market
and of the ministère de l’Éduca/on et de l’Enseignement supérieur
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NINE MAJOR PROJECTS E: TOURISM
MariVme Strategy – tourism • 13 upcoming projects announced • Investments: 49.6 M$
SÉPAQ • Five projects including two previously announced • Investments: 10 M$
Upcoming projects announced – Renova/on of the Alexandra Pier cruise ship terminal, in Montréal (20 M$) – Renova/on of the Ross Gaudreault terminal (55 M$)
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REVIEW OF INVESTMENTS
• 41 projects announced and confirmed • So far, Québec’s contribu/on (95.1 M$) has generated total
investments of 696 M$
• To this should be added: – The 700 M$ Resolve project at the DAVIE shipyard – A poten/al 800 M$ project to build a liquefied natural gas plant, in
Bécancour (Stolt LNGaz)
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AN INTEGRATED VISION
By the year 2030, the Mari.me Strategy will enable Québec to fully and sustainably build on its know how
and mari.me assets
!15-‐year horizon
! Investments : $ 9 billion
• ! 30 000 directs jobs
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