Quebec still wants ice storm money
Cue harp arpeggio and ripple effects: cast your mind back to 1998, to the ice storm that year a quarter century ago. Hydro‑Quebec teams were out fixing the collapsed power pylons while people huddled in their dark chilly homes or tried to navigate streets full of ice and broken branches.
Now Quebec wants Ottawa to pay up close to half a billion dollars it claims are owed under a fund meant to deal with catastrophes. The feds counter‑claim that Hydro’s woes don’t fall under its provisions.
Although this presumed debt was handwaved during the intervening years under the Charest government, the CAQ feels it’s still on the books and has to be paid.
Imagine living somewhere with one government, and not two governments that waste time, effort and taxes sparring with each other.
Tim S. 16:40 on 2023-01-02 Permalink
Oh, I’ll take two governments any day – especially Quebec, and Canada in general, where provincial and federal voting habits have very little to do with each other. Watching somewhere like England, where a 42% vote every 4 years gives one party total, absolute power over everything makes me appreciate our system that much more.
Kate 10:09 on 2023-01-03 Permalink
Cromulent point, Tim S.