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Destruction caused by Site C even harder to justify as new court documents start to unravel some of the secrecy surrounding the mega-project

by Craig Benjamin, Amnesty International Canada Expert testimony prepared for the upcoming court hearing concludes that there is an “extremely high probability” that BC Hydro will face major construction delays and further cost overruns – but not because of the Read more…

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years2 years ago
Blog Post

Site C and the unsustainability of Canada’s environmental rhetoric

By Craig Benjamin, AJ Klein and Grand Chief Stewart Phillip A shorter version of this blog was published by the Vancouver Sun on Tuesday, July 17, 2018. The blog is based on a joint paper prepared by the West Moberly Read more…

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years ago
Blog Post

Will you take a stand for justice?

An appeal for action from Maude Barlow, Alex Neve and Grand Chief Stewart Phillip In just a few days, a B.C. court will begin hearings on one of the most important legal challenges of our time. The court case — Read more…

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Action Appeal

Call for Justice

Call Premier John Horgan through this page. Justice demands halting construction while Treaty rights are before the courts.

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years2 years ago
Blog Post

Union of BC Indian Chiefs remarks to “Site C: Treaty Power or Power Politics” Gathering

Union of BC Indian Chiefs message read out at the event, “Site C: Treaty Power or Power Politics?”, held on July 5th, 2018.

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Blog Post

Can BC Learn to Break Its Cycle of Systemic Violence? Debts Pile Up As We Call for Justice

by Rita Wong “If some person were to go into the town of Fort St. John and do reckless and disrespectful damage in a cemetery, it would be completely illegal. Yet, even today we have development that does that: projects Read more…

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Blog Post

Beyond bearing witness: stepping up to support First Nations legal challenges

By Ana Simeon Because Aboriginal and Treaty rights are written into Canada’s Constitution, Indigenous Peoples have won many major legal victories over the years. First Nations’ legal challenges have stopped intrusive projects like the Enbridge pipeline in B.C. and protected Read more…

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Interview

Mae Burrows – We must stop Site C repeating the abuses of the past

“Now I’m an adult and I insist that my representatives do not repeat the abuse by flooding Indigenous people off their land.”

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Interview

Reverend Emilie Smith: ‘the fierce struggle to preserve what is sacred’

“We must do everything in our power to stop it, each one of us in the place where we live, in our communities and workplaces.”

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago
Interview

Adrienne Peacock: ‘First Nations court action is our best hope of stopping Site C’

“We need public pressure, but the First Nations courageous court actions are our best hope.”

By WitnessAdmin, 3 years3 years ago

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