There’s something very odd about the way the provincial government and its agencies make huge announcements about not much.
Like say just before Christmas when Nalcor announced that it had signed a letter of intent with SNC-Lavalin to oversee construction of a generating plant and overland transmission lines if the Muskrat Falls deal goes ahead.
Big deal, right?
Well, maybe not. Here’s a line from the Montreal Gazette:
Leslie Quinton, SNC-Lavalin's vice-president of global communications, said: "We don't usually comment on letters-of-intent signings, but in this case we can say it's very good news for our Newfoundland office."
It will be even better news if the project goes ahead. you see an experienced company like SNC-Lavalin usually doesn’t count its chickens before they are hatched.
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