{"id":858124,"date":"2026-08-14T18:58:11","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:58:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/858124\/"},"modified":"2026-08-14T18:58:11","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T18:58:11","slug":"churchill-falls-agreements-needed-before-quebec-election-says-political-scientist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/858124\/","title":{"rendered":"Churchill Falls Agreements Needed Before Quebec Election, says Political Scientist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lori Turnbull (VOCM News)<\/p>\n

A Dalhousie political scientist believes \u201cit was in everyone\u2019s interest\u201d to get a renegotiated Churchill Falls agreement before the next provincial election in Quebec. <\/p>\n

Lori Turnbull says the outcome of a Quebec election is unknown, and there is too much uncertainty if a deal is not finalized before then.<\/p>\n

\u201cA minority government is possible, a PQ minority is definitely possible, and so that just throws everything up in the air. So I think it was definitely in everyone\u2019s interest to get this sorted out now.\u201d <\/p>\n

The federal government was reportedly pushing for the deal. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019ve managed to avoid a kind of zero-sum game situation\u201d says Turnbull, \u201cwhere one province does better, but the other province loses. That would have been bad, and I think that wouldn\u2019t have lasted and it just would have been a mess. So now, if both provinces are able to get access to more energy, he ends up being able to come home with a win, and then the Quebec premier is able to do the same.\u201d <\/p>\n

Listen to \u201cLori Turnbull, Associate Professor at Dalhousie University\u201d on Spreaker.
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