• Critics slam Newfoundland, Quebec power agreement as MLA leaves party

  Source: Nova Scotia - Halifax & Regional News
  Date: 2026-09-14 21:06:40.0
  Tags: [Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, National, Energy, Infrastructure, Governance]

  The Newfoundland and Labrador legislature opened a four-day debate on a tentative 50-year framework agreement with Hydro-Québec concerning Churchill Falls energy, valued at over $50 billion with $10 billion in federal financing from Prime Minister Mark Carney's government. The proposed energy arrangement involves divvy-ing up power from the 5,428-megawatt Churchill Falls generating station and developing a new 2,700-megawatt generating station at Gull Island on the Churchill River, targeting an estimated return of $49 billion for Newfoundland and Labrador. Amid heavy public protests outside the Confederation Building and criticism over abandoning a promised referendum, Progressive Conservative MLA Keith Russell left the governing caucus to sit as an Independent for his Labrador district.

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• Steven Guilbeault steps down as MP for Laurier–Sainte-Marie

  Source: Global News Politics
  Date: 2026-09-01 13:44:37.0
  Tags: [National, Quebec, Governance, Environment, Energy]

  Liberal MP Steven Guilbeault officially resigned his Montreal seat for Laurier–Sainte-Marie on the House of Commons website, stepping down on a matter of principle over shifts in the Liberal Party's energy and environmental direction under Prime Minister Mark Carney. Guilbeault's departure follows the federal government's decisions to drop the consumer carbon tax and endorse the construction of new pipelines out of Alberta. Other parliamentary resignations noted include Conservative MP Cathay Wagantall, Bloc Québécois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay, and Québec solidaire candidate Alexandre Boulerice.

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