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AbitibiBowater’s dam sale questioned

AbitibiBowater’s efforts to sell off its hydro dams in Northern Ontario came under scrutiny at Queens Park Thursday.

AbitibiBowater’s efforts to sell off its hydro dams in Northern Ontario came under scrutiny at Queens Park Thursday.

NDP members told the legislature that the dams provide cheap power, which helps to keep the mills in Thunder Bay, Fort Frances and Iroquois Falls in operation.

Those same NDP members warned the legislature that if the government permits the sale it would put the jobs of 2,000 workers at risk.





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