The country that helped build Quebec's aluminum industry now threatens its survival

Open this photo in gallery: Rio Tinto’s port facilities at Port-Alfred, in the borough of La Baie, Que., to receive and unload the raw materials used in aluminium production.Renaud Philippe/The Globe and Mail The Arvida aluminum bridge, completed in 1950 as the first of its kind anywhere, stands as a tribute to a symbiotic relationship. Crossing a branch of the Saguenay River, its elegant arch faces the Shipshaw II Power Station. This is no coincidence, says Lucie Morisset, Canada Research Chair in Urban Heritage, given the link between the aluminum industry and the abundant hydroelectric power in Quebec. "It's not…