Muskrat Falls Problems? Sell Labrador To Quebec, Says Former Hydro Quebec Executive
An opinion piece by F. Pierre Grigas published in Montreal's La Presse newspaper over the weekend says that the best way forward for the country is a simple exchange: Quebec will give 1000 Megawatts of power to this province in exchange for the entirety of Labrador.
Grigas says only intervention from Quebec could solve the situation to the benefit of all Canadians, as long as Gull Island is also realized by Quebec in the deal. He says that many rivers on the North Shore that could potentially be developed into hydroelectric projects may never happen if border disputes continue.
Grigas takes issue with Labrador being attached to Newfoundland in the first place. He questions how the Privy Council of London in 1927 could have attached Labrador to Newfoundland, which was at that time a British Colony without any reaction from the Government of Canada.
Grigas says the solution may be controversial, but it would lead to the realization of a dozen major projects and would provide First Nations people with a future much more positive than that offered by the Government of Newfoundland.
VOCM - Muskrat Falls Problems? Sell Labrador to Quebec, says Former Hydro Quebec Executive
Something tells me that the principle of the common good for the federation will not be considered for this issue. It will not be considered as a valid argument by the canadians as in the case of the pipeline.
An opinion piece by F. Pierre Grigas published in Montreal's La Presse newspaper over the weekend says that the best way forward for the country is a simple exchange: Quebec will give 1000 Megawatts of power to this province in exchange for the entirety of Labrador.
Grigas says only intervention from Quebec could solve the situation to the benefit of all Canadians, as long as Gull Island is also realized by Quebec in the deal. He says that many rivers on the North Shore that could potentially be developed into hydroelectric projects may never happen if border disputes continue.
Grigas takes issue with Labrador being attached to Newfoundland in the first place. He questions how the Privy Council of London in 1927 could have attached Labrador to Newfoundland, which was at that time a British Colony without any reaction from the Government of Canada.
Grigas says the solution may be controversial, but it would lead to the realization of a dozen major projects and would provide First Nations people with a future much more positive than that offered by the Government of Newfoundland.
VOCM - Muskrat Falls Problems? Sell Labrador to Quebec, says Former Hydro Quebec Executive
Something tells me that the principle of the common good for the federation will not be considered for this issue. It will not be considered as a valid argument by the canadians as in the case of the pipeline.