Bruce Owen, a media relations officer for Manitoba Hydro, said the 2014 occupation started a new conversation. Manitoba Hydro has agreed to fund programs this way for a calendar year, which began in May 2017. "As we go on, the hope is for longer-term arrangements to be formulated," Manitoba Hydro media relations officer Bruce Owen said. Decades of frustration, demonstrationsAnger at Manitoba Hydro and the provincial government, another signatory of the NFA, swelled for decades. It would have relieved Manitoba Hydro of commitments made in the NFA in exchange for a cash payment.

Source: Huffington Post January 28, 2018 15:33 UTC