In 2004, shortly before U.S. President George W. Bush's visit to Canada, a Hydro-Québec electric tower along the Quebec – New England Transmission circuit in the Eastern Townships of Quebec near the Canada–US border was damaged by explosive charges detonated at its base.
In 2004, before President Bush's visit to Canada, an electrical tower belonging to Hydro-Quebec was destroyed by explosives planted beneath it near the Canadian-American border in the Eastern Townships of Quebec.