Quebec First Nation says province, Hydro-Qubec left it out of wind projects – Montreal [Video]

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.

The dispute has its roots in a treaty, signed in 1760, that protected Huron-Wendat rights but didn’t define their territory. More than 260 years later, that uncertainty could have consequences for a new era of energy development in Quebec.

The Huron-Wendat Nation filed an application in June asking the Quebec Superior Court to order the provincial government and Hydro-Québec to consult with it about four proposed wind farms east of Quebec City.

The First Nation says it’s looking to resolve a decades-long problem. …