Consumer Policy Institute warns of big rate hikes and pressure for taxpayer bailout.
Contractors were blasting last month at a quarry for Site C, but the big explosion could hit taxpayers and customers when the dam is done, says Brady Yauch. Photo from BC Hydro.
Treaty 8 Chiefs Return Premier’s “Stake in the Peace” & cheque over broken promises
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Victoria, January 26, 2018 – In a public ceremony on the Legislature lawn today, Treaty 8 Chiefs returned three “Stakes in the Peace” inscribed with the names of Premier John Horgan and Ministers George Heyman and Lana Popham.
In a strongly worded open letter to British Columbia Premier John Horgan, Amnesty International is urging the province not to fail the Indigenous peoples of the Peace River Valley a second time.
It all boils down to one B.C. Supreme Court judge who will decide whether or not to grant First Nations an injunction against the project this spring, according to legal scholars who are keenly watching a new legal case against the $10.7 billion dam.
Dam construction violates 1899 treaty and is unconstitutional, notice of civil claim says
Two First Nations in northeast B.C. have started legal action against the Site C dam, claiming its construction violates Treaty No. 8 signed 1899, as well as the Canadian Constitution.
In notices of civil claim filed Jan. 15, the West Moberly and Prophet River First Nations say the mega-project will infringe on their treaty rights and "fails to uphold the Honour of the Crown."
Brazil has flooded large swaths of the Amazon for hydro dams, despite opposition from Indigenous Peoples, environmentalists and others. The country gets 70 per cent of its electricity from hydropower. Brazil’s government had plans to expand development, opening half the Amazon basin to hydro. But a surprising announcement could halt that.
Contractors were blasting last month at a quarry for Site C, but the big explosion could hit taxpayers and customers when the dam is done, says Brady Yauch. Photo from BC Hydro.
