The Hundred Years' War between Newfoundland and Quebec
In 1969, Quebec and Newfoundland worked together to build a hydroelectric generating station in Labrador at a place called Churchill Falls. It would go on to produce an enormous amount of energy.
But the deal they struck has haunted Newfoundland ever since.
Because Quebec gets to buy electricity at an absolutely rock bottom price, which hasn’t changed in more than fifty years. And they then turn around and sell that same electricity to the US for as much as fifty times more than what they paid.
Quebec has made tens of billions of dollars off selling Newfoundland’s energy, while Newfoundland…
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