The well-being of Newfoundland and Labrador energy workers has been thrown into jeopardy, following the recent collapse, then revival, of government-corporate talks to bail out the Terra Nova offshore oilfield. These workers and their communities [...]
Ottawa and four provinces have jumped on the small modular nuclear reactor (SMNR) bandwagon and if things go as announced there will be SMNRs operating in Canada by the end of this decade. New Brunswick has given a total of $30 million to two [...]
Editorial The richest family in New Brunswick just doesn’t feel quite rich enough. And it is prepared to hold the province’s most vulnerable people hostage as it pressures the government to guarantee higher “pandemic profits.” The Irving Oil [...]
PV Atlantic Bureau As People’s Voice goes to press, the government of Newfoundland and Labrador is set to release the report of its inquiry into the troubled Muskrat Falls hydroelectric project. The inquiry was tasked with investigating costs for [...]
The level of organized opposition to the sell-off of Hydro One provides a rarely-found concrete basis for mass mobilization that can halt and reverse the privatization process, putting all of the electricity industry under public ownership.
Hydro bills could double over the next decade; they are already up nearly 50% since 2004. Most affected are the poor, the working poor and remote communities, especially Indigenous communities.
The process of privatization is underway everywhere in Ontario, but it takes different forms. In the case of Hydro One, the government is conducting an outright sale to the private sector.
