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Showing posts with label council of the federation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label council of the federation. Show all posts

Thursday, August 09, 2007

What was that about an East West Energy Grid?

I was speaking to Randy Simms on Open Line the other morning and the issue of an East West energy grid came up.

At that time I told him that Quebec will not give up that jurisdiction to anyone particularly a federal route.

Today Jean Charest confirmed this during a News Conference at the Council of the Federation annual meeting.

Now the question to Harper and the other Premiers is this: Can and should Ottawa impose an east west grid in the interest of security of energy supply for Canada. Will 9 Premiers get their way or will Quebec get the opt out?
A Canadian Press story included this little jewel:

However, Premier Jean Charest says that Quebec must be able to maintain jurisdiction over its own energy supplies and transmission facilities, with no interference from Ottawa.


I will give Premier Charest this - he seems to smooth our Premier's feathers - the right way. We will see how strong our Premier's comments are on the issue of Energy and renewable potentials.