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Churchill Falls: A 15% Power Bill Rebate, $10 Billion From Ottawa — What It Means for Your Wallet

  Thursday, August 20, 2026 Last Monday, Prime Minister Mark Carney stood on a pier in St. John's alongside Newfoundland and Labrador Premier Tony Wakeham and Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette to announce what Ottawa is calling the largest clean energy investment in North American history. Buried in the headline numbers — $273 billion in nominal contract value, $10 billion in federal financing, 14,000 megawatts of new hydro capacity — is a much simpler story for ordinary Canadians: who pays what for electricity, for the next 50 years. Here's what actually changed, and what it means for your bills whether you live in St. John's, Montreal, or Ajax, Ontario. The deal it's replacing was historically lopsided To understand why this is a big deal, you need the old one. Under the original 1969 Churchill Falls contract, Quebec locked in the right to buy the vast majority of the plant's power from Newfoundland and Labrador at roughly 0.2 cents per kilowatt-hour — a price th...
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"Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.” by Mahatma Gandhi

 


This quote by Mahatma Gandhi is a powerful reminder that strength is not just a physical attribute, but a mental and emotional one as well.

 Mahatma Gandhi, was the leader of the Indian independence movement and a champion of nonviolence.  He demonstrated his indomitable will in his nonviolent resistance against British colonial rule in India, inspiring millions of people to follow his example. 

He showed that strength comes from conviction, courage, and perseverance, not from brute force or violence. This quote can inspire us to overcome our own challenges and difficulties with the same spirit of determination and resilience.




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