Mr. Speaker, I can tell us what every Newfoundland and Labrador family talked about at the dinner table last week, because on December 12, the future of our province changed and a new course was charted. The 1969 Churchill Falls deal was infamous, unfair and forever contentious. It has now been ripped up with the announcement of a new deal between Quebec, Newfoundland and Labrador, and the Innu Nation. This historic deal will impact generations to come and we will finally get our fair share as we build clean, renewable power for the country.
To all who have worked at home and in Quebec to bring this new Churchill Falls contract forward, I am thankful. As Premier Furey said, a new generation will now think of Churchill Falls with pride, not anger or shame. I say, “Well done, Premier, well done”.