What led to your interest and specialization in chemistry?

What was the focus of your studies at the Institute for Scientific Research?

You went on to work in the government, in the environmental area?

How did you reconcile government and industry interests in environmental issues?

You eventually went to work in the private sector. What was behind that decision?

Were the problems you faced at Gas Metropolitan similar to the ones you faced in government?

What was the strategy that underlay your plan for growth at Gas Metropolitan?

What were the circumstances that led you to move to Hydro Québec?

Deregulation In General

What are your expectations for electric power deregulation?

How do you respond to concerns of individuals or small companies that industrial consumers will be the chief beneficiaries of deregulation?

The losers will be people that are producing power inefficiently or ineffectively now?

Is there an ideal time period to resolve the stranded assets issue?

Do you think that the deregulation of natural gas moved about the way that it should?

What are your plans to educate consumers and to market your product to them?

Do you see a difference between what a customer wants to know and what a customer needs to know?

Deregulation & Hydro Québec

Hydro Québec is a nationalized company. Is that a benefit or disadvantage for deregulation?

Do you see a differentiation between publicly owned and privately owned utilities?

Will the politics of Québec have a major impact on Hydro Québec during deregulation?

Hydro Québec doesn't have a lot of stranded assets. Might that lead to political problems in the US, where many power companies are less fortunate?

Are NAFTA and other changes making you truly part of a single economy or are there still significant barriers?

Environmental & Technology Issues

What is Hydro Québec's new environmental policy, and future environmental plans?

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