A dodgy dam in Canada’s east
Newfoundland and Labrador has a history of backing ill-conceived projects
A LOT depends on the convoys of lorries now rumbling through the rugged interior of Labrador in eastern Canada. They are carrying equipment to be installed at Muskrat Falls, a hydroelectric project on the Churchill River. The 824MW dam, scheduled to begin operation in 2020, is supposed to reduce Newfoundland and Labrador’s dependence on fossil fuels and produce surplus power for sale to neighbouring Nova Scotia. But it is shaping up to be the latest in a long series of failed schemes to improve the economy of Canada’s slowest-growing province.
This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “The moral of Muskrat Falls”
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