Further to my lament that Canada wastes its vast natural resource opportunities, leave it to Quebec to not miss the boat.
Just an $80B idea 9 ys ago just got over a billion dollars in provincial and fed funding to kick it off. First phase is beefing up access infrastructure.
Quebec greased all the right wheels to get it launched, set aside a bunch of land for conservation for the env crowd and got the natives in early with little opposition. I imagine the under the table cash deals secured it all as well.
The west needs to emulate these guys if we ever want to get anything done here that doesn't involve a federal fight every time.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-to-spend-778-million-to-relaunch-northern-development-plan Quebec to spend $778 million to relaunch northern development plan
Just an $80B idea 9 ys ago just got over a billion dollars in provincial and fed funding to kick it off. First phase is beefing up access infrastructure.
Quebec greased all the right wheels to get it launched, set aside a bunch of land for conservation for the env crowd and got the natives in early with little opposition. I imagine the under the table cash deals secured it all as well.
The west needs to emulate these guys if we ever want to get anything done here that doesn't involve a federal fight every time.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/quebec-to-spend-778-million-to-relaunch-northern-development-plan Quebec to spend $778 million to relaunch northern development plan
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