Premier Legault on defensive about Northvolt project
Premier Francois Legault displayed a banana, an orange and an apple on Wednesday to justify a more lenient scientific analysis of the Northvolt battery plant project in Monteregie.
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Premier Francois Legault displayed a banana, an orange and an apple on Wednesday to justify a more lenient scientific analysis of the Northvolt battery plant project in Monteregie.
Mulling a run for the Quebec Liberal leadership, the former Montreal mayor had a friendly encounter with PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon but says he's concerned about another sovereignty referendum.
A group had argued it was “unreasonable” for Quebec to have authorized the battery plant because it didn’t have enough environmental impact information.
Justice David R. Collier rejected the petition in a 13-page decision issued Friday
Quebec Environmental Law Centre told court approvals to destroy wetlands for Swedish battery-maker’s factory site are illegal, unreasonable