The Consumer Advocate is making recommendations to the Muskrat Falls Inquiry to prevent what he sees as a series of fatal flaws in the decision to build The hydro project.
Dennis Browne says Nalcor failed on the two key questions: ‘Do we need the power?’ and ‘What is the least cost option?’ The Advocate says no we did not need the power and no Muskrat was not the best option.
Browne says was amazing that all people on the Nalcor Muskrat team were all oil & gas people except one. pic.twitter.com/nFC1uPc0eT
— Brian Madore (@bmadorevocm) August 16, 2019
The inquiry wrapped up yesterday with Commissioner Richard LeBlanc’s report due by about December 12. Browne says the inquiry was worth every penny.
He has asked LeBlanc to recommend that NL establish a legislative budgetary office—similar to that in Ottawa—to scrutinize government spending, to appoint a panel of people other than politicians to negotiate with Quebec on the Upper Churchill contract—which expires in 2041—and that Crown corporations be compelled to answer questions before the legislature when significant spending is at hand.
