Will the Bay du Nord project save Newfoundland's economy or harm the environment? Or both?

It's the most ambitious offshore mining project in Canadian history, and the fight for approvals has been long and arduous. That's because of both its scope, its dangers and the potential windfall to a province that badly needs it.

So what is Bay du Nord? What does it promise and what, exactly, are the risks? And how do you balance the need to phase out fossil fuels with the future of an entire province's economy?

GUEST: Lyndsie Bourgon, writing in Maclean's magazine

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