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Newfoundland and Labrador politicians expected to vote on Quebec energy proposal
The framework would end the old Churchill Falls contract 15 years early and unlock more than $50 billion in new energy infrastructure, officials said.
- Politicians in Newfoundland and Labrador are expected to vote today on a 50-year agreement to share energy from Labrador with Hydro-Québec, seeking to resolve decades of tension over Churchill Falls power.
- Under a contract expiring in 2041, Hydro-Québec buys more than 80 per cent of Churchill Falls power for 0.2 cents per kilowatt hour, an arrangement many residents have long viewed as an injustice requiring correction.
- Premier Tony Wakeham opened the legislature this week for a four-day debate on the framework agreement, which includes proposals for more than $50 billion in infrastructure; Prime Minister Mark Carney called it the "largest clean energy investment in North American history."
- Labrador member Keith Russell left the governing Progressive Conservatives to sit as an Independent, leaving the vote outcome razor-thin; the resolution could pass by a single vote if all Tories support the deal.
- If the resolution passes, negotiators will continue hammering out final agreements, aiming to reach a conclusion by year's end, with about $10 billion in federal financing for transmission lines and a new power plant at Gull Island.
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Newfoundland and Labrador politicians expected to vote on Quebec energy proposal
ST. JOHN'S - Politicians in Newfoundland and Labrador are expected to vote today on whether they support a new 50-year agreement to share energy from Labrador with Hydro-Québec.
·Toronto, Canada
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This agreement aims to put an end to years of tension with Quebec.
·Montreal, Canada
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