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PIKOGAN FIRST NATION, QC, Dec. 10, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -
A report recently issued by the Quebec Bureau of Public Hearings on the Environment (BAPE) regarding the Appalaches-Maine Interconnection project (the Canadian segment as what is known in the USA as the New England Clean Energy Connect project – NECEC), clearly states that the Quebec Ministry of the Environment (MELCC) instructed it not to address the question of where the electricity destined for the United States is being produced. In so doing, the Ministry has ignored the constitutional rights of the First Nations from whose territories much of that electricity comes from.
In its report, the BAPE writes that from the outset, it was not in their mandate to investigate the legitimacy of Quebec hydroelectric production and to take a position on the subject. However, they indicate that they are aware of the limitations imposed on them by the Quebec government: During the second part of the public hearing, the Innu F