Reference Re Upper Churchill Water Rights Reversion Act (Nfld)
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Reference Re Upper Churchill Water Rights Reversion Act (Nfld)
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Reference Re Upper Churchill Water Rights Reversion Act (Nfld) [1984] 1 S.C.R. 297 is a famous constitutional reference question put to the Supreme Court of Canada. The Court found that legislation passed by the government of Newfoundland to take back water rights contracted out to the province of Quebec was unconstitutional. The decision had a huge impact on both provinces, as the Churchill Falls generating station is one of the biggest producers of hydro-electric power in the region and the ag
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Supreme Court of Canada case
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2020-07-10T17:49:21Z
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