The provincial NDP are hoping that Monday’s rate mitigation announcement on Muskrat Falls will mean that government can start putting more money into other initiatives that will help the province grow.

On Monday, the term sheets were formally signed by Premier Andrew Furey and MP Seamus O’Regan for the loan guarantee and capital restructuring for the mega project and the Labrador Transmission Assets.

Jim Dinn says government put on a big production just to announce the re-signing of the Muskrat mortgage.

However, Dinn hopes the deal will mark the end of what he calls “excuses” in the House of Assembly from the Liberals as to why they cannot invest in other projects and people in the province.

He says that every time an issue is brought up, government cites Muskrat as the “albatross around their neck.”

He hopes they won’t have to hear that anymore, and that they can focus on some of the affordability issues, health issues, and others that need to be dealt with to build the province.