“I cannot see what is stopping Site C. They [the BC Liberal government] should be carving out their niche with the Site C dam.”
That was BC Green Party Leader Andrew Weaver, speaking to the Globe and Mail in 2009, before he had entered politics. As a climate scientist, Weaver had argued in favour of a major clean-energy project for B.C.
Weaver is now opposed to the $8.8 billion project, which faces the prospect of being halted by a Green-backed minority BC NDP government.
One of the first orders of business for the NDP government’s new cabinet will be referring the hydroelectric dam project to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for review. The BC Liberal government deliberately bypassed the BCUC when approving the project.
Nelson Bennett – Business in Vancouver – July 19, 2017.
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