Kevin Aylward says that, as Premier, he’d have no problem negotiating with Quebec about developing the Lower Churchill.
A New Liberal Government will direct Nalcor to recommence negotiations with Quebec, Ontario and the federal government to develop the entire Lower Churchill. It is not financially feasible to develop only part of the Lower Churchill.
Before 2003, Danny Williams used to talk about how he would only sign a deal with Quebec if it included redress for Churchill Falls.
Then after 2003, according to Kathy Dunderdale, she and Williams spent five years trying – secretly – to get Quebec to take an ownership stake in the Lower Churchill and sign a deal without redress.
Put Churchill Falls to one side is how Dunderdale described it.
And none of the daily conventional media have reported it since she spilled the beans in September 2009.
Well, it doesn’t matter. Dunderdale’s comments are a matter of public record.
Someone should ask her about those five years of secret negotiations and the huge change in policy she and her predecessor kept from the people of Newfoundland and Labrador until after they’d failed and why the Conservatives pretended publicly to be at war with Quebec the whole time.
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