CBC NL: Labrador businesses eagerly await new Churchill deal, but concerns loom after Muskrat Falls
Category: In The News
Dec 2024
Excitement has been swirling since the announcement of a new tentative Churchill Falls hydro deal, but a Labrador business advocate says the province needs to take lessons from the Muskrat Falls debacle to make the new deal flow smoothly for everyone.
The proposed deal, which could pour hundreds of billions of dollars into Newfoundland and Labrador over the next 50 years, is something Labrador North Chamber of Commerce CEO Julianne Griffin says people have been hoping for.
“The general reaction has been very positive, from what we’ve been hearing, and our members are quite eager to learn more and to prepare their operations if need be,” Griffin told CBC Radio’s Labrador Morning.
Read more:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-north-chamber-commerce-churchill-falls-1.7413536
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