Site C Subject of Summit

Thursday, September 16, 2010 03:57 AM

Fort St. John, B.C.- A two day summit starts today in Ft.St. John to discuss the Site C dam.

First Nations leaders, from across BC, Alberta and the Northwest Territories, and several concerned conservation groups are gathered in Ft. St. John to discuss the impacts of the proposed Site C Dam. The summit is expected to produce a draft a joint statement about the project and its impacts.

The summit will be followed by a trip to Victoria where a rally is planned on the grounds of the Legislature on Sunday.

First Nations and concerned community members from the Peace River Valley will canoe the Gorge Waterway to the Legislature to deliver a message to the Premier to stop the Site C Dam.

The rally is aimed at raising public awareness about the impacts the Site C project will have in northern BC, should the project be allowed to proceed.

"Concerned British Columbians need to stand up now to make others, especially the BC Government, aware of how this so-called "green and clean" dam will impact on our Treaty 8 rights, as well as the interests of all British Columbians," said Tribal Chief Liz Logan of the Treaty 8 Tribal Association. "This is the third major dam project on the Peace River." she said, "If it goes ahead, it will destroy valuable river and wetland ecosystems, both in the Peace River Valley and further downstream in the Athabasca and Mackenzie Deltas."

Those who oppose the dam say it will submerge key calving grounds for moose and disrupt bull trout migration while creating a barrier blocking wildlife at the narrowest waist of the continentally important Yellowstone to Yukon Corridor.

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Posted by: He spoke on September 16 2010 7:09 AM

Damn it

Posted by: Princeg55 on September 16 2010 9:45 AM

If you stop the mining, forestry, pipelines, site c whats left? sorry folks but without the resource sector we all lose. Putting up a stop sign is not reality,some people just have to much time on their hands. However if those that need these jobs don't speak-up then you pay the price.

Posted by: Loki on September 16 2010 12:25 PM

The resources are not there to create jobs. Industry is not in the job creation business, they are in the profit making business. Jobs are a side effect or a necessary evil. If business could operate without employees, they would in a heart beat. Why do you think there is so much automation and mechanization.

Add to that the fact that the only reason Site C may be a need is we are selling electricity to California. It has become another export product.

So, are we to become the western hemisphere northern most third world to be pillaged by foreign interests? Look up what really happens to "recycled" e-waste".

I keep hearing about all this potential job creation and the benefits it will provide. Fine, where is mine? Still waiting for the owelypics benefit cheque. Yes, I will ride that pony for long time.

The only one's that will benefit from site c are the government, the corporations and their shareholders. You, me, and the rest of the peons will only see tax rate increases. All so BC can sell more of our resources without any value added.

Add in that this project cannot even start without a lot of borrowing. Woo hoo, more national and provincial debt so a corporation or two can profit on the backs of the citizens.

As a national leader has said before, read my lips, NO, NO, dam no.

Posted by: Andyfreeze on September 16 2010 8:24 PM

Wonder if B.C.Hydro is picking up the tab for this one too?
The big announcement about the Site C project cost pretty close to 800 thousand bucks, apparently...now let me see...B.C.Hydro = crown corporation = B.C. government.
Smells like tax dollars to me!

Posted by: supertech on September 16 2010 9:52 PM

Right on Loki. You forgot one little item: they are flooding some of the best farmland in the North so we can import more food from the US.

Posted by: Loki on September 17 2010 9:50 AM

Now don't get me started on how we have obliterated most of the best agricultural land through urbanization.