Documents released by N.B. Power show the North Shore Mi’kmaq Tribal Council had expressed enthusiastic support for U.S. company ProEnergy in its 2024 bid to take on a major new gas-burning power plant project proposed for rural Tantramar.

But the same documents make it clear that “community buy-in cannot be guaranteed,” and no final deal is in place.

CBC News requested the documents after ProEnergy Canada president John MacIsaac urged councillors in Tantramar to “fact-check” him over the company’s claims that the tribal council was a minor equity partner in the project.

MacIssac’s challenge came at a public meeting in Sackville on Oct. 14.

Proponent of natural gas plant to Tantramar council: 'Fact-check me'

The documents released by N.B. Power had been submitted to the utility in Aug

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