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Dispute brewing over oil rights in Gulf of St. Lawrence
March 24, 2011 - 11:17am
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Quebec oil deal could fuel dispute with N.L. (March 24, 2011)
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Quebec and the federal government have struck a deal on oil and gas development in the disputed Old Harry area of the Gulf of St. Lawrence. It's expected both governments will sign a deal Thursday (today...) that would give Quebec royalties from the area. The deposit overlaps the sub-sea boundary between Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec. The two provinces have not agreed on the actual boundary.
Que. seeks rights to Old Harry energy deposit (October 21, 2010)
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The Old Harry reservoir, which straddles the border of Quebec and Newfoundland, could represent a windfall of several billion dollars for Quebec and ensure its energy independence. It has a potential output of two billion barrels of oil and 5,000 billion cubic feet of natural gas. The dispute between Quebec and Newfoundland is twofold — one part covers the ownership of the seabed and the other the territorial divide between Quebec and Newfoundland. According to the currently recognized boundaries, two-thirds of the reservoir is located in Quebec and the rest is in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Environmentalists urge caution over Que.-N.L. oil dispute (March 1, 2011)
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A coalition of environmental groups is urging the Quebec government to maintain its moratorium on drilling for oil and gas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The St. Laurent Coalition denounced the actions of both Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador Tuesday in a dispute over resources in the area known as Old Harry, near the Magdalen Islands.
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"There still needs exploratory drilling to be done to be sure if there's actually petrol or gas in there. We should not see this as a race for resources, but we should really take the time that is necessary to establish the right structures before we go ahead," said Toussaint.
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Toussaint said Quebec should wait for the outcome of its own environmental assessment of the gulf to determine if drilling off the coast of the Magdalen Islands would be safe. A spokesperson for Quebec Natural Resources minister Nathalie Normandeau said the province intends to continue with that assessment, even if it does come to an agreement with Ottawa over offshore drilling in the near future.
Gulf of St. Lawrence drilling causes concern June 18, 2010
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A Magdalen Islands woman is campaigning across the Atlantic region warning people about the potential dangers posed by a proposed offshore oil project in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Marilyn Clark, a student at Memorial University in St. John's, N.L., is meeting fishermen's organizations and processors who live in communities around the gulf this week. She's making them aware of the project led by Halifax-based Corridor Resources called Old Harry, which is due for seismic surveys this fall to pinpoint the location of an oil well which could be drilled next year.
Charest defends N.L. drilling near Quebec October 7, 2010
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Quebec's premier found himself in a strange position in the legislature Wednesday: defending Newfoundland and Labrador against a verbal onslaught from his Opposition. Jean Charest offered a simple explanation for the aggressive smackdown laid by the Parti Québécois against Canada's easternmost province during debate in the national assembly. He said it was an obvious effort to break up the country. "That's the PQ's agenda," Charest said. "It's to cultivate fights to help promote sovereignty.
Quebec strikes oil deal in Gulf of St. Lawrence
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The deal comes on the eve of a likely federal election in which the Conservative government is eager to hold onto 11 seats in Quebec.
Last fall, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said he's interested in arranging an offshore resources agreement with Quebec, much like the ones the federal government has with Newfoundland and Labrador and Nova Scotia. "The government of Quebec has expressed interest in having a similar arrangement for its offshore resources and the government of Canada is very much interested in having discussions with Quebec to establish that kind of arrangement," said Harper while speaking in St. John's last October.
In late February, a coalition of environmental groups urged Quebec to maintain its moratorium on drilling for oil and gas in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
The St. Lawrence Coalition denounced the actions of both Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador in the area near the Magdalen Islands
David Suzuki: Gulf of St. Lawrence is important to Canadian identity