The Churchill Falls agreement in the 1970s was one of the most lopsided imaginable, with Quebec getting thousands of megawatts of energy for a fixed price that today is so negligible to be almost considered free. Yet Newfoundland has all but starved in the decades hence. That agreement is now being renegotiated and was a major point in Tuesday’s election.
In other words, the Newfies just voted for a government that’s not going to let them get screwed again.
And for perspective, at 5428 megawatts, Churchill Falls is capable of producing more power than every single generator in Saskatchewan – coal, natural gas, wind, solar, hydro, biomass and the kitchen sink – combined.
Progressive Conservatives win majority government in Newfoundland and Labrador, with Quebec power deal a major issue
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