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The Pros And Cons Of Building Site C Dam

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The Problem and Background Context: The newly elected NDP Government of BC promised to REVIEW the process of building a third hydroelectric dam, known as Site C, on the Peace River. However, they concluded that in light of the past liberal party’s decision and taxpayers’ monies already expended, to move ahead amid heavy opposition and contrary to their platforms. In the last 48 years, the BC government had already turned down constructing Site C Dam twice. Those decisions were made after extensive research and environmental reviews which determined that BC did not have a need for future energy and Site C was not justifiable amid negative impacts and high costs. Those risks, costs, needs for energy and negative impacts to; the river, water, the environment, animals, fish, medicinal plants, arable land for food production, local population, social impacts, infrastructure issues and the violation of treaty rights surrounding First Nations cultural ways of life, still exist. Yet, the previous liberal premier of BC rushed approval to begin the construction of Site C Dam without completing its due diligence or revealing transparency of its decision-making process. …show more content…

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