Quebec Innu Community Given Just a Week’s Notice to Vote on Multibillion-Dollar Hydro Deal
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The provincial government, Hydro-Québec and the Innu of Pessamit could soon turn the page.
Quebec Innu community given just a week’s notice to vote on multibillion-dollar hydro deal
For this multibillion-dollar deal to go ahead, it needs to be approved in a referendum vote. Some people in Pessamit say they aren’t being given enough time to understand what they’re voting on.
An agreement in billions of dollars is within reach between the Innu community of Pessamit, the Fréchette government and Hydro-Québec to settle historical disputes in addition to paving the way for new projects, including a new hydroelectric power plant on the Côte-Nord, has learned La Presse.
Amounts of several billions of dollars over 50 years are included in the agreement to resolve conflicts related to Hydro-Québec facilities.
The Pessamiulnuts are called to the polls at the end of the week. Saturday and Sunday will be held the referendum on the proposed New Relationship Agreement on Energy Development between Hydro-Québec, Pessamit and the Government of Quebec. Ratification of the agreement would rain the billions on the community that, in return, would open its territory to Hydro-Québec and drop old disputes. According to Radio-Canada, "While Hydro-Québec could pay …
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The Pessamiulnuts are called to the polls at the end of the week. Saturday and Sunday will be held the referendum on the proposed New Relationship Agreement on Energy Development between Hydro-Québec, Pessamit and the Government of Quebec. Ratification of the agreement would rain the billions on the community that, in return, would open its territory at Hydro-Québec [...] The post-Québec and Pessamit at the beginning of a historic agreement appe…
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