PRESENTATION Lwer Churchill Prject Jint Review Panel Public Hearing March 3, 2011
LNCC BACKGROUND Established in 1965, incrprated in 1986 Represents the cmmunities f the Central Labradr regin 140 members Diverse membership cmpsitin
LNCC MANDATE Missin Statement: "Prmte and imprve trade and cmmerce, and the ecnmic, civil and scial welfare f the district. " Advcacy n behalf f member rganizatins and regin Numerus benefits t membership
LNCC PROJECTS Business Develpment and Netwrking Events Exp Labradr, Nrthern Lights, membership meetings Other activities in supprt f industrial develpment and emplyment NrthLink Prject Gse Bay Gateway t Eastern Arctic and Nrth Partnerships acrss Canada s Nrth with many stakehlders
LNCC ABORIGINAL ENGAGEMENT Partners with Nunatsiavut, Innu Natin and NunatuKavut Represents many Abriginal businesses thrugh direct membership and jint ventures Supprts f Abriginal business thrugh initiatives such as NrthLink, Exp Labradr and Nrthern Lights
LOWER CHURCHILL PROJECT SUPPORT STATEMENT The Labradr Nrth Chamber f Cmmerce (LNCC) is supprtive f the Lwer Churchill Prject. Hwever, this supprt is nt uncnditinal, as the LNCC des require the Prject t be develped in a scially and envirnmentallyrespnsible manner, with an emphasis n lng term creatin f business pprtunities and emplyment fr Labradr.
LNCC & THE LOWER CHURCHILL PROJECT The Prject has been n the LNCC agenda fr several decades The LNCC has wrked with Nalcr / NL Hydr as an imprtant cnduit t the reginal business cmmunity Als cnsult and wrk with reginal business and ther stakehlders tward preparedness fr the pprtunity
PAN LABRADOR VIEW LNCC des nt speak fr ther regins f Labradr regarding LCP Cncerned fr ecnmicdevelpment f allf Labradr Respect and enhance pprtunities thrughut Labradr
LNCC S LEGACY VISION Industrial develpment fr Central Labradr, with significant prspects fr lng term pprtunity and emplyment Requires slid cmmitment by Nalcr t aid Central Labradr s business cmmunity in meeting lng term bjectives thrugh: h Availability f pwer Preferred pwer rates fr existing cmpanies and industrial expansin Timely supply Supprt f business develpment infrastructure
LNCC S LEGACY VISION (cnt d) In terms f industrial pwer, the fllwing questins must be satisfactrily addressed: What is the prcess fr the prpnent f a new r existing develpment t access Muskrat Falls industrial pwer? Exactly hw muchpwer will bemadeavailable fr such Exactly hw much pwer will be made available fr such develpments?
LNCC S LEGACY VISION (cnt d) Will the rate structure benefit develpers in clse prximity t the Muskrat site, r will a blanket industrial rate be impsed fr all industrial users? Will the transmissin infrastructure be put in place t attract industrial develpment, r will the infrastructure be driven slely by demand?
LNCC MEMBERS & ADJACENCY As the bedrm regin, cnditins must exist fr Labradr businesses t realize maximum benefit frm this develpment Primary interests f ur members with respect t LCP include: Prcurement Emplyment Sci ecnmic impacts
BUSINESS COMMUNITY READINESS The reginal business cmmunity has the ability t take advantage f larger prjects (e.g. Visey s Bay), but sme capacity gaps still exist Signs the business cmmunity is preparing fr LCP Given Prject s lng histry, skepticism exists regarding the recent green light annuncement LNCC is mving ahead as if the Prject will cme t fruitin as annunced
BUSINESS COMMUNITY READINESS (cnt d) Outlined in LNCC LCP cmmunicatin strategy (e.g. Chamber Chatter article f Dec./Jan., membership ntices) In additin t current initiatives, the LNCC is develping new prjects t supprt business preparedness What can the prpnent d t supprt business preparedness? Cntinued pprtunities and prcurement engagement with reginal business (thrugh LNCC and ther stakehlder grups)
BUSINESS COMMUNITY READINESS (cnt d) Specific unaddressed cmmitment: Establish a Labradr Business Opprtunities Cmmittee and a full time crdinatr psitin in Labradr (see bullet pint seven, Table Tbl 8 1, page 51, LCP EIS Executive Summary Dcument) LNCC is pen t cperatin with Nalcr t address this cmmitment
LABOUR MARKET CAPACITY Cmpetitin fr labur will be ntewrthy, fr skilled and unskilled psitins A prject f this scale will have significant impact n the ability f lcal businesses t attract and retain qualified wrkers Prpnent has strngly addressed Abriginal emplyment with respect t Prject pprtunities (e.g. LATP), which is supprted by the LNCC
LABOUR MARKET CAPACITY (cnt d) The LNCC believes additinal prpnent resurces are required fr nn Abriginal business cmmunity stakehlders t mitigate emplyment related challenges (i.e. training, recruitment and retentin)
SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACTS Given the scale f the Prject, the LNCC believes the sciecnmic impact ptential t be great: Business infrastructure (i.e. industrial land develpment, service sectr, prcurement, warehusing, etc.) Reginal husing requirements (e.g. Labradr West) Cmmunity Infrastructure (i.e. rad, healthcare, recreatinal facilities, scial supprt facilities, waste management, etc.)
SOCIO ECONOMIC IMPACTS (cnt d) Reginal Transprtatin Netwrk (i.e. Gse Bay Airprt, TLH and ferry services maintenance and upgrades) Prpnent must wrk clsely with stakehlders t mitigate these issues
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