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Jean-Sol Goulet-Poulin, Doctorant en anthropologie, L’Université d’Ottawa/University of Ottawa

Agreement between Hydro-Québec and the Innu is a must for the development of the battery industry

In May 2024, Hydro-Québec and the Innu of Unamen Shipu signed an agreement over the Lac-Robertson generating station. The agreement aims to settle all disputes relating to this North Shore power station, built in the 1990s, that’s been the subject of a number of disputes and claims by the Unamen Shipu community.

Hydro-Québec will pay the community $32 million in royalties over a 23-year period.

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