Quebec Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon wants Quebec to become carbon-neutral by 2050 and that means making some changes to the way people consume electricity.
A draft agreement negotiated more than 20 years ago to build the Gull Island dam shows how close N.L. and Quebec were to announcing a contract in 2002 and serves as the blueprint for current negotiations on the hydroelectric project, according to one of the architects of the near-deal.
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Around 15 per cent of Quebec's power comes from a dam in Labrador in a deal that has caused decades of resentment in Newfoundland and Labrador. Quebec wants to extend that deal.
MONTREAL As Quebec prepares to ramp up electricity production to meet its ambitious economic goals, the government is trying to extend a power deal that has caused decades of resentment in Newfoundland and Labrador.