MONTREAL — A First Nation near Quebec City says the provincial government and Quebec’s hydro utility have ignored their constitutional duty to consult about four planned wind projects south of the St. Lawrence River.
The claim is part of a long-running territorial disagreement between the Huron-Wendat Nation, the Quebec government and neighbouring First Nations, and it comes as Hydro-Québec looks to triple the province’s wind power capacity in co-operation with Indigenous communities.
But the Wolastoqiyik Wahsipekuk First Nation, which is a partner on the four wind projects, argues there is no obligation to consult the Huron-Wendat. The First Nation, formerly known as the Maliseet of Viger and based near the small city of Rivière-du-Loup, says the projects are located on its ancestral territory south of the St. Lawrence River.
The Huron-Wendat, who number about 5,000 people, have laid claim to a vast swath of territory stretching from Trois-Rivières north to the Saguenay River and south across the St. Lawrence into Maine and New Brunswick. Their reserve, Wendake, is located about 10 kilometres north of Quebec City. “It was for commercial purposes, and it was not their territory on which they spent the winter,” he said.
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