Quebec election map revives controversy over Labrador border dispute

ST. JOHN’S, N.L. – Former premier Danny Williams says he is disappointed that national news coverage of the Quebec election included a map that doesn’t recognize the Labrador border as determined by the British Privy Council in 1927.

Williams was reacting today after most major news outlets, including The Canadian Press, posted online map data of Quebec on Monday provided by Elections Quebec that spills over the southern Labrador boundary.

He says it reminded him of instances during meetings with Canada’s Eastern premiers when Quebec officials would put up a map of their province that included Labrador — and his officials would take it down.

Quebec has never recognized the British Privy Council ruling, which says the southern border of Labrador lies at the 52nd parallel north of the equator.

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