Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland said Newfoundland and Labrador is “at the table” during discussions on the Atlantic Loop, amid concerns among politicians that the province is being shut out of the project.
“I do also want to be very clear that in the tables that we have dedicated to developing the plan for the Atlantic Loop, Newfoundland and Labrador is at the table right now” Freeland said during a press conference in St. John’s on Tuesday to highlight investments from the recent 2023 budget.
Freeland was responding to a question about the budget failing to mention NL in regards to the Atlantic Loop, a series of interprovincial transmission lines that will provide “clean electricity” between Quebec and the Atlantic provinces. The budget said there are negotiations with Quebec, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia to “identify a clear path to deliver the project by 2030.”…