brought back by Couillard as
‘Plan Nord +’ which accounts
for most of the plan being put
back the way it was. Couillard
has added two elements to
the development, which will
focus on helping businesses
grow in-province within the
mining sector and sharing
most of the taxes with com-
munities.
Plan Nord will cover an
area of 1.2 million kilometers
squared above the 49
th
par-
allel, a territory with a wide
range of minerals including
gold, iron ore, nickel, cobalt,
zinc, lithium, uranium, dia-
monds and many more. A re-
port provided by Pricewater-
houseCoopers has identified
11 new projects that could be
launched within the area.
Several First Nations,
along with environmentalists,
raise concerns regarding envi-
ronmental degradation.
JULY 2014
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