A 40-year-old hydro-electric megaproject, on a river already home to massive hydro development, estimated to cost at least $6 billion, that will add dramatically to the provincial debt load for 30 or 40 years.
Nope.
The whole thing is a throw-back to British Columbia’s longest-serving Premier. W.A.C. Bennett - known derisively as Wacky - served from 1952 until 1972.
The Lower Churchill dates back to the time of Newfoundland and Labrador’s longest-serving Premier. Joe Smallwood – who many considered wacky – served from 1949 to 1972.
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