It’s a mega-project with shaky economics, tons of nasty regional politics and the potential to cost billions of…
It’s a mega-project with shaky economics, tons of nasty regional politics and the potential to cost billions of dollars to taxpayers. And I’m not talking about the Trans Mountain Pipeline.
The #MuskratFalls hydro-electric project is nearing completion and the project termed as a “boondoggle” by the CEO of Nalcor, the Crown corporation building this mess is in danger of turning Newfoundland and Labrador into a northern version of Puerto Rico, an island bogged down in debt it can’t repay. #nlpoli
https://ipolitics.ca/2018/07/06/canadas-other-really-dumb-power-project/
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Canada’s other really dumb power project. What did I miss? I don’t remember the 1st dumb power project au Canada.
To get a geographical perspective, I went looking for these two..
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/ZPq3oLjcX-4XTW7Q3tf0SbcnL2aWe2w4rmLPNz0ENLZe8fqg2Gk2Z0AQKVS0mth-z9f1wYpRxkrG7y595pXfIMRiPtgDN-i_I4So=s0
I could be wrong but I would assume it’s Site C.
Steve MacLellan Oh, right. I just checked and there is still a deadline upcoming for a petition to cancel that project. It’s not a dumb project just yet.