Even CBC News is now shifting its interpretation that the Muskrat Falls loan guarantee is already in place.
In a story posted on Friday, the Mother Corp put it this way:
The federal Conservative leader told a rally in St. John's Thursday that if re-elected a Conservative federal government would provide a loan guarantee for the Lower Churchill project, contingent on three conditions.
Check out those four important words: contingent on three conditions.
Compare that to a story they ran on Wednesday:
Multiple sources tell CBC News, though, that the federal and provincial governments have reached a deal on the terms of a loan guarantee.
or even a radio reporter’s debrief on Friday morning.
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