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This decarbonizes the last 20% of Canada’s electrical generation

I don't think so. Churchill Falls is ~5000km from Alberta

The announcement speaks to transmission and extending access to clean generation where needed. Control-F “Quick Facts”.

https://natural-resources.canada.ca/energy-sources/electrici...

Scanning through the link you provided, there's a discussion of interties between neighboring provinces, but there's no way the plan here is to replace Alberta's natural gas with hydro from Labrador, 5 provinces to the east.

There's also an acknowledgment of the continuing need for natural gas (possibly for political reasons). But even in a future where natural gas is phased out, it would be much more logical to use hydro from BC or MB. Alberta could also increase its own solar and wind.

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