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1/8OCTOBER 2007.

RECLAIM OUR

British Columbians are facing a major challenge whether we will retain control of our water and power resources. Who get

to control and benefit from these assets is paramount. This public wealth owned by British Columbians is being given away

to private power producers who plan on selling us back our own power at much higher rates, effectively turning us from own

ers into renters. In order to protect ours and our childrens inheritance we need to see what is being stolen right now behind

closed doors. We deserve better than what this undemocratic government is secretly planning. BCs rivers and the electricit

they produce are precious public property. A tragedy will unfold unless we reclaim our rights one river at a time. See the list

and map inside showing the magnitude of the theft as BCs government rushes to sell us out to private for profit power.

We have the greatest

river heritage in the world

right here in BC.

Mark Angelo, Order of Canada

founder of World Rivers Day

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2/824. .OCTOBER 2007

Upper Pitt River Valleyneeds you!

Only a few kilometres north-

east of Greater Vancouver

lies a spectacular valley with

magnificent waterfalls and hot springs,

splendid scenery and wild salmon in

abundance. Accessible only by boat, the

Upper Pitt River Valley, at the north end

of Pitt Lake, has been protected from all

the usual development pressures. Even

today, this valley, which falls within

the traditional territory of Katzie First

Nation, hosts but a handful of fu ll-time

residents. The lower valley is cradled in

the protective embrace of three provin-

cial parks: Pinecone-Burke, Garibaldi

and Golden Ears on the west, north and

east, respectively.

While this remarkable place, set so

close to Vancouver, supports several

wilderness species such as grizzly bear,

wolverine and mountain goats, it is best

known for its wild salmon. All species

of Pacific salmon thrive in the waters of

the Upper Pitt River and its tributaries. It

hosts an unusual sockeye population that

can live for up to six years and it is the

best place in the Lower Mainland to find

ocean-migrating cutthroat trout. One of

the rivers tributaries, Boise Creek, sup-

ports a unique hybrid of Dolly Varden

and bull trout. Today, the Upper Pitt

provides habitat for the largest remain-

ing population of wild coho left in the

lower Fraser River system. Clearly, this

is a river system worth protecting.

In the late 1990s, a proposed gravel

mine on a small tributary of the Upper

Pitt galvanized hundreds of people to

write letters to the provincial govern-

ment. Due to the potential impacts of

this gravel mine on valuable wild salm-

on habitat, the Upper Pitt River earned

the dubious honour of being listed as the

most endangered river in BC in 2000.

Thankfully, the NDP government of the

day listened to the concerns of BC resi-

dents and stopped the gravel mine.

Today, the Upper Pitt River Valley

faces a far greater threat from a large

cluster of proposed run-of-river devel-

opments. Such power projects are mis-

leadingly named because, in fact, they

divert 80 to 95 percent of a rivers mean

annual discharge into a pipe. Little is left

for the wild aquatic species that depend

on natural stream flows. The propo-

nents of the hydro project, Run of River

Power, Inc., plan to divert water from

every major tributary of the Upper Pitt

River, including Boise Creek where rare

hybrid trout reside. Five of the eight trib-

utaries to be diverted will suffer a direct

loss of habitat used by ocean-migrating

salmon. Within a short 12-kilometre

stretch of the river, eight pipelines deliv-

ering water to seven powerhouses will

generate a total capacity of 161 MW of

electricity. These projects are sometimes

incorrectly called micro-hydro, but

there is nothing micro about them.

Its not only salmon that will have

their habitat impacted by this proposed

project. Grizzly bear and other species

depend on wild creek corridors. Logging

and dynamiting will be required to build

roads, construct transmission lines, pipe-

lines and powerhouses. Roads on steep

mountain slopes in areas with high rain-fall can cause erosion, landslides and

harmful siltation in creeks. This project

is likely to be a time bomb for disaster in

the Upper Pitt.

And thats not all thats wrong with

this proposal. The proponents want to

get the electricity out of the valley by

grabbing a portion of Pinecone-Burke

Provincial Park to construct a transmis-

sion/transportation corridor to the Squa-

mish area. Their proposed corridor along

Steve Creek goes right through a sensi-

tive wetland and grizzly bear habitat. To

date, there is simply no precedent for

removing a remote wilderness section

of a provincial park to allow industrial

development. If this happens with Pine-

cone-Burke, we can expect to see simi-

lar proposals to cut up provincial parks

all across BC.

If there was ever a valley that should

be considered off-limits for run-of-

river development, the Upper Pitt is

it. Yet the proposal is already moving

forward through the laughable provin-

cial Environmental Assessment process

which has never rejected any industrial

project ever. Draft terms of reference

are expected to be released for public

comment over the next few week

current status and more informati

www.eao.gov.bc.ca under Uppe

Strong public opposition directed

premier and Cabinet will be requ

stop this project.

Hundreds of valleys across B

now threatened with proposals for

river diversions from independent

producers. Despite this, its not c

really need this energy. The ener

duced from these projects is inter

and available only in certain seas

BC, when we have our greatest requirements in the winter, when i

and dark, most of these river div

projects will be frozen over and

to generate electricity. Yet we seem

poised to jeopardize both the en

ment and public values in dozens

leys and place our rivers under the

tive control of private industry.

All of this is happening wit

government oversight and in the a

of an integrated management p

determine both how much electri

really need and the most environm

appropriate methods of producing

wild rivers of BC now face a new

and few people are even aware of

Elaine Golds is a Port Mood

ronmentalist and conservation

past president/ of the Burke Mo

Naturalists. She has previously

active in campaigns to stop logg

Greater Vancouver watersheds

protect areas such as Pinecone

Provincial Park and Colony

Regional Park. In 1997, she won

vincial environment award and i

she received a BC community ac

ment award.

by Elaine Golds

To date, there is no precedent for removing a remote wilderness

section of a provincial park to allow industrial development.

If this happens with Pinecone-Burke, we can expect to see

similar proposals to cut up provincial parks all across BC.

PRESENT FUTURE?


3/8OCTOBER 2007.

Last chanceto save Cascade Falls

For 14 years, the people in the

region and of the small town

of Christina Lake fought a pro-

posed private hydroelectric dam on the

Kettle River. In August of 2006, over

the objections of the people and their

local governments, the BC Environ-

mental Assessment Office approved the

project. Currently, the project cannot be

built because the environmental review

board has been convened to allow for a

last-minute appeal. Given that the dam

is supposed to be built above a proposed

provincial park, it effectively threatens

to destroy the Cascade Canyon.

Throughout the process, there was

near unanimous opposition to the proj-

ect. Hundreds of letters were sent to the

government and thousands of volunteer

hours were spent attending public meet-

ings, project meetings and studying the

endless volumes of scientific informa-

tion. Local government, businesses and

chambers of commence consistently

voiced their opposition. The commu-

nity as a whole declared its desire for

the river and canyon to remain as they

were: free running and a major tour-

ist attraction and local favourite recre-

ational area. As a tourism-dependant

community, the majority of residents

consistently stated that maintaining

and promoting the natural environment

was more important than an industrial

venture that would provide a whopping

total of three or less full time jobs.

In addition to the very real social and

economic implications of developing an

industrial project in a tourist hot spot,

residents consistently raised a variety

of environmental concerns. The Kettle

River is inhabited by numerous threat-

ened and rare species of fish, with the

rocky forests along its banks home to

rare ecosystems, birds and reptiles.

The proposal calls for diverting much

of the water from the canyon to power

a turbine, which will result in reduced

flows in the river bed, or as many resi-

dents have described, a mere trickle

through an empty canyon. With countless

studies performed over the years, in the

end the proponent will likely be com-

pensating for damaged and lost habitat.

However, habitat compensation for spe-

cies such as the speckled dace, whose

only habitat in Canada is the Kettle River

watershed, has never been undertaken

and has no assurance of succeeding.

For a measly 25 megawatts of energy

for three or four months, and only five

megawatts during lower water flows,

and for a facility that would sit idle for

the dry summer months, we continue to

by Ryan D

The proposal calls for diverting much of the water from the

canyon to power a turbine, which will result in reduced flows

in the river bed, or as many residents have described, a mere

trickle through an empty canyon.

AFTERMATH: Dead Brandywine Creek near Whistler

ask how it can be worth it? How can it

possibly be worth the essential destruc-

tion of a natural wonder for the profit of

a US company? Is it worth it to create

such a disturbance in a river that may not

even have sufficient water flow, due to

climate change, in the future to generate

profit at the dam?

For one local resident the fight is not

over. Gordon Planedin is the owner of a

campground at the base of the canyon.

Cascade Cove, as the campground is

called, offers countless visitors an idyllic

natural setting that includes a spectacu-lar swimming hole in a lazy back-eddy

at the canyon outlet. The cove is directly

across from the proposed location of the

powerhouse and dam infrastructure.

Gordon has launched an appeal of the

project approval and has one last chance

to make his case. During the first week

of October, Gordon will be in Victoria

facing the proponents lawyers and gov-

ernment representatives. Although the

project has been approved by the BC.

Environmental Assessment Of

is battling against all odds to pr

his way of life and the business

has spent years developing and t

flowing public waterfall which s

the community its incredible

attraction, along with numerous j

We are hoping that concerned

bers of the public can some fort

again, one last time, to voice thei

sition to this project in hopes of

Cascade Falls. This proposal is just

hundreds of similar small hydro p

in the works in BC. Some commare facing dozens on a single river,

BC government refuses to create

ince-wide plan or a cumulative

assessment of the multitude of i

to our precious rivers. We encour

BC residents to get involved. Plea

www.saveourrivers.ca

Ryan Durand is a biologist and

ber of the Kettle River Review Com

Cascade Falls, Christina Lake, BC


4/826. .OCTOBER 2007

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7/8OCTOBER 2007.

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Scuzzy Creek C10214 License New Westminster

Six Mile Creek C10214 License New Westminster

CHEAKAMUS GORGE HYDRO LTD

Cheakamus River Z120901 Appl. Vancouver

Cheakamus River Z120101 Appl. Vancouver

CHILLIWACK POWER CORPORATION

Airplane Creek Z107750 Appl. New Westminster

Chipmunk Creek Z107540 Appl. New Westminster

CREEKSIDE RESOURCES INC.

Birkenhead River Z115958 Appl. New Westminster

Wedge Creek Z116454 Appl. New Westminster

INTERPAC RESOURCES LTD

Slesse Creek Z120970 Appl. New Westminster

Spuzzum Creek Z116849 Appl. New Westminster

KITSAULT RESORT LTD

Clary Creek Z121408 Appl. Prince Rupert

Lime Creek Z121409 Appl. Prince Rupert

LINK POWER MANAGEMENT

Centre Creek Z109652 Appl. New Westminster

Nesakwatch Creek Z119380 Appl. New Westminster

LORENZ NORMAN

Duncan Creek C11658 License Prince GeorgeHauer Creek C11658 License Prince George

MARION CREEK HYDRO INC

Marion 3 Creek C11570 License Alberni

Marionette Creek C11570 License Alberni

MILLER CREEK POWER LTD

Miller Creek C11852 License New Westminster

South Miller Creek C11852 License New Westminster

MKWALTS ENERGY LP

Cloud Creek C11594 License New Westminster

Ure Creek C11594 License New Westminster

MONASHEE POWER LTD

Pat Creek Z115583 Appl. Revelstoke

Soards Creek Z115381 Appl. Revelstoke

NEUCEL SPECIALTY CELLULOSE LTD

Victoria Lake C04357 License Alberni

Victoria Lake C04357 License Alberni

NVI MINING LTD.

Tennent Creek C02910 License Nanaimo

Thelwood Creek C06412 License Nanaimo

RUTHERFORD CREEK POWER LTD

Ipsoot Creek C11738 License New Westminster

Rutherford Creek C11738 License New Westminster

SELKIRK POWER COMPANY

French Creek Z122709 Appl. Revelstoke

Norman Wood Cree Z122408 Appl. Revelstoke

SUMMIT POWER MANAGEMENT INC

Lake of the Mountai Z116108 Appl. Nanaimo

Songhees Creek Z116108 Appl. Nanaimo

TOBA MONTROSE HYDRO INC

East Toba River C11930 Appl. Vancouver

Montrose Creek C11930 Appl. Vancouver

TRANSCANADA ENERGY LTD

Herrick Creek Z119854 Appl. Prince George

McGregor River Z119442 Appl. Prince George

VALHALLA POWER CORPORATION

Powder Creek Z119998 Appl. Kamloops

Goldstream River Z121488 Appl. Revelstoke

WESTERN PULP LIMITED

Mill Creek F007219 License VancouverMill Creek F007219 License Vancouver

ZEBALLOS LAKE HYDRO LTD

Zeballos Lake C10363 License Alberni

Zeballos Lake C12188 License Alberni

0445026 BC LTD

Nascall Lake Z108952 Appl. Cariboo

0717016 BC LTD

Klinaklini River Z120635 Appl. Nanaimo

28165 YUKON INC

Wedgemount Creek Z120911 Appl. New Westminster

579220 BC LTD

Furry Creek Z117638 Appl. Vancouver

666921 BC LTD

Lost Valley Creek Z119961 Appl. Ashcroft

6732062 CANADA LTD

South Creek Z118249 Appl. New Westminster

6732089 CANADA LTD

Meager Creek Z122713 Appl. New Westminster

684996 BC LTD

Kokish River Z115440 Appl. NanaimoALCAN INC

Nechako River F102324 License Hazelton

ANKENMAN JEFF

Seaton Creek C10037 License Nelson

ANKENMAN JEFFREY A

Payne Creek Z115937 Appl. Nelson

BARKLEY PROJECT GROUP LIMITED

Canoe Creek Z122675 Appl. Alberni

BUGABOO POWER LTD

Drimmie Creek Z117268 Appl. Revelstoke

CALLAGHAN CREEK HYDRO LTD PARTNERSHIP

Callaghan Creek Z116088 Appl. Vancouver

CASCADE PACIFIC POWER CORPORATION

Goat River F016854 License Nelson

CASTLE MOUNTAIN HYDRO LTD

Zz ( 80698 ) Z122788 Appl. Prince George

CAVERS DONALD R

Chase Creek Z103881 Appl. Kamloops

COAST MOUNTAIN HYDRO CORP

Iskut River C10947 License Atlin

COATS CLYDE H

Hoggan Creek C06392 License Nanaimo




COGENIX POWER CORPORATION

Log Creek Z103648 Appl. New Westminster

COLBY PROJECTS LTD.

Cacoohtin Creek C11594 License Cariboo

COPELAND RESOURCES LTD

Gravell Creek Z119322 Appl. New Westminster

DOUGLAS CREEK PROJECT LTD PARTNERSHIP

Douglas Creek C12234 License New Westminster

EAST TWIN CREEK HYDRO LTDHystad Creek C11579 License Prince George

ECKERT THERESA WANDA

Paleface Creek Z113418 Appl. New Westminster

ENTERPRISE POWER CORPORATION

Enterprise Creek Z117313 Appl. Nelson

ESI POWER-WALDEN CORPORATION

Cayoosh Creek C07283 License Ashcroft

EXECUTIVE HOUSE POWER CORPORATION

Soo River C10358 License New Westminster

FITZSIMMONS CREEK HYDRO LTD PARTNERSHIP

Fitzsimmons Creek Z116501 Appl. New Westminster

FLETT FORESTRY LTD

Whitewater Creek C11782 License Kamloops

FOCUS ENERGY INC.

Sowerby Creek Z113925 Appl. New Westminster

FORTISBC INC






Similkameen River Z103235 Appl. Prince Rupert

FOSTHALL CREEK POWER LTD

Fosthall Creek Z116274 Appl. Nelson

FURRY CREEK POWER LTD

Furry Creek C11963 License Vancouver

GENEREX HYDRO INC

Small Creek C10154 License Prince George

GITGAAT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION

Gabion River Z122167 Appl. Prince Rupert

HANSON DARYL JAMES ET AL

Maroon Creek Z120217 Appl. Prince Rupert

HIGHWATER POWER CORPORATION

Kookipi Creek Z103725 Appl. New Westminster

HOODICOFF RON

Norns Creek C06830 License Nelson

HUPACASATH FIRST NATION

Corrigan Creek Z121734 Appl. Alberni

HURLEY RIVER HYDRO LIMITED PARTNERSHIPHurley River Z116089 Appl. Ashcroft

KINGSTON & ASSOCIATES LTD

Boulder Creek Z122169 Appl. Hazelton

KISEI INDUSTRIES LTD

Cayoosh Creek Z121430 Appl. Ashcroft

KLITSA CREEK HYDRO INC

Klitsa Creek C11571 License Alberni

KOCH CREEK POWER LTD

Koch Creek Z116176 Appl. Nelson

KOTOWICK DENISE


KWOIEK CREEK RESOURCES LIMITED PARTNERSH

Kwoiek Creek Z102749 Appl. Ashcroft

LAKESIDE PACIFIC FOREST PRODUCTS LTD

Slollicum Creek Z102485 Appl. New Westminster

LARSON FARMS INC

Pierce Creek Z117036 Appl. New Westminster

LEDCOR POWER INC

Ashlu Creek C10220 License Vancouver

LOS ZDENEKJohnny Sandy Creek C12241 License New Westmin-

ster

MAY DAVID F

Woodbury Creek C10026 License Kamloops

MURPHY CREEK POWER CORP

Columbia River Z119006 Appl. Nelson

NANAIMO CITY OF

South Nanaimo Rive C11781 License Nanaimo

NELSON CITY OF

Coffee Creek Z116469 Appl. Kamloops

NEW DENVER VILLAGE OF

Shannon Creek Z117839 Appl. Nelson

NEW ERA HYDRO CORPORATION

Bryant Lake C07219 License Atlin

NORTHRIDGE CANADA ENERGY MANAGEMENT LTD

Tsuius Creek Z116884 Appl. Vernon

PATHEIGER LIZABET


PATTISON GEORGE HENRY

ZZ Creek ( 78929 ) Z120368 Appl. Prince Rupe

PETERSON WILLIAM JR & KAREN

East Twin Creek C10152 License Prince Geor

PINGSTON POWER INC

Pingston Creek C11872 License Nelson

POWERHOUSE DEVELOPMENTS INC

Kettle River C10434 License Grand Forks

PRINCE RUPERT CITY OF

Shawatlan Lake Z120867 Appl. Prince Rupert

RAFFUSE ENERGY CORP.

Raffuse Creek Z116247 Appl. Vancouver

REGIONAL POWER INC

Cascade River C11459 License Prince Ruper

REMOTE STRUCTURES INC

Blaeberry River Z120871 Appl. GoldenRENAISSANCE POWER CORP (BOSTON BAR

Stoyoma Creek Z118027 Appl. New Westmin

RENEWABLE POWER CORP.

Ramona Creek Z122790 Appl. Vancouver



ZZ Creek ( 78975 ) ( Z120523 Appl. Vancouver


RIBCO LEASING LTD.

Craft Creek Z118320 Appl. Alberni

RING CREEK POWER LTD.

Ring Creek Z117684 Appl. Vancouver

ROBERTSON PETER SMITH RICHARD

Cedar Creek Z121020 Appl. Golden

ROBSON VALLEY POWER CORPORATION

Ptarmigan Creek F115552 License Prince Ge

ROCKFORD ENERGY CORP

Brandywine Creek C11866 License Vancouve

RUN OF RIVER INC (INC # 0065485)

Gott Creek Z116648 Appl. Ashcroft

RYAN RIVER POWER INC.

Ryan River Z102125 Appl. New Westminster

SEGUARO HOLDINGS LTD

St. Leon Creek Z123000 Appl. Nelson

SNOWSHOE POWER LTD

McIntosh Creek Z122791 Appl. Prince Georg

SOUND ENERGY INC

Box Canyon Creek Z117326 Appl. Vancouver

SOUTH SUTTON CREEK HYDRO INC

South Sutton Creek C11553 License Alberni

STAINSBY RICHARD D

Yahoo Creek Z116840 Appl. Vancouver

STARLUND MARK ANDREW

Sedan Creek Z117972 Appl. Hazelton

SYNEX ENERGY RESOURCES LTD

Barr Creek Z116387 Appl. Alberni

Cypress Creek C11638 License Alberni

Leiner River Z116386 Appl. Alberni

McKelvie Creek C11638 License AlberniMears Creek C11638 License Alberni




Victoria Lake Z121438 Appl. Alberni

Zeballos River Z116383 Appl. Alberni

Tlatlos Creek Z122980 Appl. Nanaimo

TAKU LAND CORPORATION

Pine Creek C12005 License Atlin

TECK COMINCO METALS LTD

Pend-dOreille River C10863 License New W

ster

TERRETON HYDRO CORPORATION

Kicking Horse River Z117624 Appl. Golden

TOBA HOLDINGS LTD

Berg Creek C11943 License Vancouver

UPNIT POWER CORPORATION

China Creek C11855 License Alberni

VALISA ENERGY

Serpentine Creek C11743 License KamloopsWALSH MICHAEL

Enterprise Creek Z117254 Appl. Nelson


8/830. . OCTOBER 2007

world and supplies 50 percent of the

electricity in BC. While the provinces

economy has greatly benefited from these

projects, the resulting devastation is still

felt in the Kootenays today.

Apparently, the environment andpeople in the Kootenays have not suf-

fered and given enough. Dozens of pri-

vate power licenses have been issued by

the government for more hydroelectric

projects. This time, the focus is on what

remains: the creeks.

At 125 MW capacity, the proposed pri-

vate Glacier/Howser hydroelectric proj-

ect is the largest new hydro project in the

region. The creek water would be divert-

ed into tunnels bored through mountains

directly to the Duncan Reservoir. The

water would never return to the creeks.

A transmission line is proposed to be

built through old-growth forest reserves

and over a pristine mountain pass in thenorthern Purcell Mountain Wilderness,

which would industrially bisect these

mountains for the first time.

Bordering on the Purcell Wilderness

Conservancy, this area is part of the most

extensive, unprotected wilderness left in

the West Kootenay. In fact, it is so eco-

logically and socially important that three

park proposals are currently outstanding:

the Wilderness Committees Bugaboo

National Park, the Valhalla Wilderness

Societys Central Selkirk Mountain Cari-

bou Park and the locally conceived Jumbo

Regional Recreation Area. The regional

park proposal includes the followinggoal: No new commercial or industrial

development or expansions would be

allowed. This local effort is hindered

with the passing of Bill 30, which disal-

lows regional governments from zoning

out provincial energy projects.

Rather than creating parks to pro-

tect our remaining priceless wilder-

ness, current government policy seems

determined to industrially develop and

privatize every single natural resource.

While plans for the controversial Jumbo

Glacier Resort are pushed forward, the

adjacent Glacier/Howser hydroelec-

tric proposal raises questions about the

cumulative impacts that would heavilyimpact the regions ecology.

People of the Kootenays greatly

appreciate and enjoy their backyard wil-

derness. Teeming with threatened bull

trout, these wild drainages also provide

habitat for wolverine, wolf, mountain

lion, grizzly bear, mountain goat and elk,

while also providing important connec-

tivity for the recovery of the endangered

mountain caribou. Popular hikin

wind through the old-growth

leading to alpine meadows while

ers paddle the rushing streams.

With the Glacier/Howser

electric project, the public riskscontrol over a public resource. I

only public control that is at sta

resource itself is endangered. W

ness, old-growth forests, fish an

life, along with recreational opp

ties, are all at risk. Given the his

extensive hydroelectric develo

and its impacts in the Kootenay

hard to imagine why the local c

would accept this project. They d

Citizens from all walks of l

writing letters to editors and

ing submissions to the Environ

Assessment Office to oppose th

ect. Local kayakers are staging

paddles and backcountry hikersimilar events on the trails. The

take great interest in the issue an

ronmental groups are rallying

dents of Glacier Creek, along wi

neighbours and friends, are bloc

the Glacier Creek road in protest.

in the Kootenays are continuing t

up for their water and wild place

with their democratic rights.

Glacier/HowserKootenay wilderness at risk

Deep in the wilds of the West

Kootenay flow the Glacier and

Howser creeks. They are tribu-

taries of the Duncan River, which no

longer flows freely. In spite of regional

opposition, it was dammed in 1968; Koo-

tenay people lost homes and farms, First

Nation sites were obliterated, valley bot-

tom rainforest died as the waters rose andprime wildlife habitat was inundated.

As the first victim of the Columbia

River Treaty, the Duncan Reservoir con-

tinues to provide water storage for elec-

tricity generation in the US. BC receives

one half of the generated electricity as a

result of this water storage, which is then

sold to the US for profit. The Columbia

River is the most dammed river in the

by Gary Diers, Purcell Alliance for Wilde

Stand up for our rivers

Recent legislation effectively

prevents the public from hav-

ing certain information; voters

rights have been removed and local gov-

ernments have had their power stripped

to ease the way for a move to take water

from the people. Join the fight to save

our rivers and public energy systems.

BCs greatest asset its water is

protected, first and foremost, by Native

rights, as evidenced by Donald McInnes,

president of Plutonic Power Corp., when

he spoke to a government committee in

2004. Another area thats very scary for

the IPP [private power] community and

business generally in British Columbia

is the First Nations situation. Currently,I know of at least six independent power

producers that out of frustration, I would

suggest, have signed agreements with

local first nation groups, giving them

a one percent gross revenue royalty in

order to proceed to build their projects,

McInnes stated. Jack Walsh, retired

CEO of GE Capital, calls the modern

world a corporate dream where the race

for shareholder value from resources is

just beginning. The massive GE Capi-

tal has recently joined the stock market

start-up, Plutonic, in gathering the free

power assets of the people, as offered to

them by the government of BC.

There is no greater asset in the world

than water and the renewable energy

potential of BC is inestimable. Water is

replacing oil as the most valuable energy

source in the world and the people of BC

are heirs to fortunes that will make the oil

money of the last century pale in com-

parison. It is our responsibility to speak.

Todays British Columbians will pass

to their heirs and successors unparal-

leled renewable energy wealth unless the

cheating is not stopped. The evidence of

wrongdoing began to mount from the

days of the Ashlu River rezoning pro-

cess and was first exposed to the pub-lic in Common Grounds October 2006

edition. Since 2002, the government

of BC has used the BC (Bush-Cheney)

Energy Plan to mislead the public into

believing there was a problem with our

public electric energy supply system that

was going to be solved by a few private

power projects. The map and list inside

show otherwise.

Alcan had been given the Nechako

River in 1950 to make all the alumi-

num it could; if it had any extra power,

it could sell it locally to assist in the

industrial development of the far North.

Alcan made a submission to the Energy

Task Force of BC in 2002 that became

the blueprint for the re-regulation of the

public water assets of the people of BC. A

key feature of the plan exposes the public

utility BC Hydro to the rules of NAFTA,

which threatens the loss of public control

of the last vertically-integrated public

electricity system in North America.

Our democracy cannot survive being

bullied by big government and big busi-

ness. Communities throughout BC have

been fighting to protect their free-flowing

rivers for many years. In June of 2006,

the Ashlu Law (Bill 30) removed the

publics right to vote and local govern-ments capacity to veto a private power

project on a river. We are being bul-

lied. Authority is not truth. Truth is our

authority. You will recognize the truth in

the remarkable work of Craig Williams

of North Vancouver, BC, who has cre-

ated a Google Earth file (see centrefold)

which plots the rivers being put into pri-

vate water-power licenses. It also plots

publically-guaranteed energy purchase

agreements, now totally $30 billion, a

figure expected to rise dramatically over

the next few months as the government

speeds the process. Without C

work, we would not know, as is th

in general, that vast tracts of publ

are being included as land tenu

simple land ownership with the

created, private water-power licen

The yellow dots on the cen

map indicate where the private

panies have either been given o

a few dollars for the exclusive r

the natural power of the rivers.

watershed in BC is impacted by t

vate scheme. Our historical righ

exclusive benefit offered by our w

now in jeopardy and we must take

to assert our rights.

This special anniversary ediStolen Rivers is dedicated to tho

are committed to ensuring that the

of BC are held in sacred trust to be

on freely to future generations.

by Thomas R

Be informed

Get involved!

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