Muskrat Falls and the economic situation that comes with it, are discouraging people from building lives in Newfoundland and Labrador.
That’s just one of the harsh realities stated at the final, public phase of the Muskrat Falls Inquiry held at Memorial University’s Signal Hill Campus last night.
Steven Wolinetz, political scientist at MUN is speaking now.
“Who dropped the ball”
He says the inquiry has pinned the failings of the project on Nalcor.
He also says that the public had also failed to engage the province about the project. “We let them get away with it” pic.twitter.com/G2AK8t5uLI— Allison King (@AllisonKingVOCM) July 30, 2019
Sixteen people stepped up to the podium to present. Travis Inkpen says the province’s current situation is disheartening.
He says it makes him uncomfortable to invest and set down roots here, even though he has lived here for his entire life.
@ElizabethMay is speaking now.
She says It’s clear that now another promise is being broken. This project is a health threat and it’s shocking to me that the federal government hadn’t stepped in to fix the problem. pic.twitter.com/AFWSAEGdw2
— Allison King (@AllisonKingVOCM) July 30, 2019
There will be another session in Happy Valley Goose Bay on August 8th from 7-9 p.m. at the Lawrence O’Brien Arts Centre.
You can also send in your comments online until August 15.