Province Establishes 'New Team Labrador' - NTV: Newfoundland and Labrador's Most Trusted News Source
The team will consult Indigenous governments, municipalities and businesses as it plans for housing, services and workforce pressures from major development.
- On Friday, the Provincial Government established Team Labrador to ensure residents benefit from major economic development while identifying potential infrastructure, health, and social impacts in the region.
- Prompted by a recently announced multibillion-dollar energy deal with Quebec to advance development at Churchill Falls and Gull Island, the initiative positions the team to manage significant economic opportunities for the province.
- Three legislators, including Minister of Labrador Affairs Lela Evans, Joe Power for Labrador West, and Keith Russell for Lake Melville, comprise the team. Russell stated, "Major development on the Churchill River will have impacts well beyond the project sites."
- Engaging with Indigenous Governments, municipalities, and businesses, the team aims to inform a new Northern Strategic Plan, ensuring development supports local needs and addresses community pressures.
- Happy Valley-Goose Bay Mayor Bert Pomeroy warned that the influx of workers could create increased stress on local housing, health care, and infrastructure supporting the community.
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N.L. government announces Team Labrador to secure economic benefits from energy deal
ST. JOHN'S - The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it wants to make sure Labradorians benefit from the province's proposed multibillion-dollar energy deal with Quebec.
Province establishes 'New Team Labrador' - NTV: Newfoundland and Labrador's Most Trusted News Source
The provincial government is establishing a new team focused on ensuring Labradorians benefit from the significant economic and development opportunities ahead, while identifying and responding to potential community, infrastructure, health, education and public safety impacts associated with major projects in the region. Lela Evans, Minister of Labrador Affairs, Minister of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation and Minister Responsible for Wo…
N.L. government announces Team Labrador to secure economic benefits from energy deal – 105.9 The Region
ST. JOHN’S — The Newfoundland and Labrador government says it wants to make sure Labradorians benefit from the province’s proposed multibillion-dollar energy deal with Quebec. The province has appointed three members of the provincial legislature to serve on a new team with a mandate to ensure the peninsula can capitalize on the deal. The two provinces’ public utility companies have proposed the construction of several energy projects around the…
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