VOTE: A tunnel between western Nfld. and Quebec?

Quebec is looking at the cost of building a tunnel between its lower north shore and Newfoundland's Northern Peninsula.

Quebec Transport Minister Norman MacMillan recently approved a study to weigh the social and economic impacts of a building an underground link across the Straight of Belle Isle.

The provinces have already discussed the possibility of a tunnel that would extend about 15 kilometres between Blanc-Sablon and St. Barbe.

In 2005, a consultant's study reported a link was feasible, but would cost about $1.7 billion.