Mr. Speaker, recently the Minister of Natural Resources was before the standing committee where she explained that one of the reasons we do not have a completed internal trade agreement on the energy side is that Quebec refuses to allow Labrador to wield power through its territories.
Now we hear the companies looking to process Labrador ore may be forced to buy power from Quebec Hydro rather than their own Labrador power companies because of the 1961 Churchill Falls agreement.
What can the minister assure Labrador power and Labradorians that Labrador will be allowed to process and provide power for its own Labrador ore bodies?