Nalcor CEO Stan Marshall says in part, everyone is to blame for Muskrat Falls.
Marshall was on the stand again today at the Muskrat Falls Inquiry. He was being questioned by the Chris Peddigrew, the lawyer for the Consumer Advocate, about comments he made yesterday that we’re all to blame.
On Tuesday, Marshall suggested the degree of blame not be put solely on the employees of Nalcor, as many were just doing their jobs as they were told.
Peddigrew asked if Marshall meant the voters were all to blame for the mega-project.
Marshall says yes, in part voters are to blame, as we elect our governments and they’re entitled to make public policy decisions.
He says sometimes we don’t challenge them enough as it’s not a jurisdiction that welcomes challenge, so to a degree we all bear some responsibility.
The Nalcor CEO says anyone can say “yeah, somebody could’ve done something different.”