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Premier François Legault says he has looked into the future and it is electric.

Putting his stamp of approval on his party’s weekend shift to a greener agenda, Legault used a closing speech to the Coalition Avenir Québec general council to outline a sweeping vision for Quebec where oil is not part of the equation.

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In fact, Legault announced he wants the province to cut its oil consumption by 40 per cent by 2030, to be replaced by clean electricity. Currently 36 per cent of the energy consumed in Quebec is electric.

“Instead of pumping our money into the coffers of oil companies, we will keep it here to create wealth for people here,” Legault said in his speech to 1,300 delegates at a downtown hotel Sunday.

“The path I invite all of us to follow is to electrify our economy. That’s the way for more prosperity and a greener economy.”

Addressing the province’s growing environmental lobby, which has accused him of not doing enough to save the planet, Legault said: “I want to be perfectly clear — we got the message from our youth.