Prime Minister Carney announces the largest clean energy investment in North American history

On August 17, 2026, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, alongside the Premier of Québec, Christine Fréchette, the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Tony Wakeham, and the CEOs of Hydro-Québec and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, announced a package including up to $10 billion in federal financial support and investments to expand clean electricity generation and transmission in Labrador through upgrades to Churchill Falls, development of the Gull Island hydroelectric project, and enabling infrastructure needed to support critical minerals development in the Labrador Trough. As part of this agreement, the federal government will guarantee the financing to develop the massive and long-discussed Gull Island power project.

On August 17, 2026, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, alongside the Premier of Québec, Christine Fréchette, the Premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, Tony Wakeham, and the CEOs of Hydro-Québec and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, announced a package including up to $10 billion in federal financial support and investments to expand clean electricity generation and transmission in Labrador through upgrades to Churchill Falls, development of the Gull Island hydroelectric project, and enabling infrastructure needed to support critical minerals development in the Labrador Trough. As part of this agreement, the federal government will guarantee the financing to develop the massive and long-discussed Gull Island power project. 

Enabled by a landmark Definitive Cooperation and Implementation Agreement (DCIA) signed between Hydro-Québec and Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, these combined construction projects – valued at nearly $70 billion – represent the largest clean energy investment in North American history. They will create thousands of jobs and economic prosperity for the region, including the Innu Nation of Labrador.