The election of a PC majority in Newfoundland and Labrador has caused ripples of concern in Quebec about the future of a hydro deal between the two provinces.

Joel-Denis Bellevance of La Presse says while Premier Francois Legault is putting his best face forward, nervousness is growing, not only in Quebec, but Ottawa as well.

Bellevance told the Tim Powers Show on VOCM, Prime Minister Mark Carney was a “secret cheerleader” of the MOU.

He says the federal government was “ready to put some money on the table to help finance construction of the lines through Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, because it was in the national interest, and would help improve the environmental record of the Canadian government in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. There’s a lot at stake in that dea

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