IPPs - BC Liberals sell our our heritage.

[Cliffy]

I just spent 3 days on Glacier Creek in the Kootenays. Glacier is one of four creeks that are slated to be dammed in the Glacier/ Houser project. Glacier Creek comes down from the Purcell mountains/Jumbo Pass area and is fed by 5 glaciers. The plan is to put 23 kms of it through a pipe, essentially destroying one of BCs premier (Blue listed) Bull Trout spawning channels. It runs through some of the most pristine, beautiful wilderness in BC.

About 50 people gathered at 5 km on the Glacier Creek road to do ceremony, feast and play music. The youngest participant was 5 months, the oldest was 90 years old. I made lots of new friends, met a few old ones and I drank water from this pristine creek the whole time, as did everybody else.

I found this clip on the Save Our Rivers web site. It sums up the feelings of everybody I know about the issue of Independent Power Projects. They are not Green and they will not benefit anybody in Canada and we will lose our right to our water to outside interests. And we all know how precious water is becoming in a world where clean water is getting harder and harder to find.
Corky Evans on Taking Back Our Rivers and Province

 

[taxslave]

Corky vans is a goofball looking for votes.
The Run of river projects are green since the water goes back into the river, not far from where it was taken. Native bands are among the many Canadians that are benefiting from these projects. Like Toba inlet. Some people just don't want to see the natives make money.
The more services we can get away from the control of government unions and vote buying politicians the better.
The real problem is the incessant demand for electricity by city dwellers. Which power supply would you rather have Nuclear, Coal or Site 3 on the Peace?

 

[Cliffy]

For one thing Corky is retired from politics. I never liked him as a politician but he is a real nice guy as a person.

Run of river projects will remove water from sensitive fish spawning grounds in BC and along with it our fresh water fisheries. Yes the water is returned to the river, but as in the case of Glacier creek, 23 kms of the river bed will be all but dry. All the eco systems dependent on that water flow will be severely impacted. How is that Green?

Almost all the power generated will be old to the US. We don't need that power. And playing the native card just doesn't work. None of the native bands in the interior support the environmental degradation these projects will cause.

Gordo is selling us a bill of goods. There may be some temporary jobs created but once operational there is very little jobs. In the end only the shareholders of these corporations will benefit.

 

[taxslave]

For one thing Corky is retired from politics. I never liked him as a politician but he is a real nice guy as a person.

Run of river projects will remove water from sensitive fish spawning grounds in BC and along with it our fresh water fisheries. Yes the water is returned to the river, but as in the case of Glacier creek, 23 kms of the river bed will be all but dry. All the eco systems dependent on that water flow will be severely impacted. How is that Green?

Almost all the power generated will be old to the US. We don't need that power. And playing the native card just doesn't work. None of the native bands in the interior support the environmental degradation these projects will cause.

Gordo is selling us a bill of goods. There may be some temporary jobs created but once operational there is very little jobs. In the end only the shareholders of these corporations will benefit.

Yea I like the guys that live high off the public tit trying to stop everyone else from earning a living.
I actually had high hopes for Corky when he ran for the dippers but he turned out to be a huge disappointment.

Not playing the native card. It is a fact that they are making money AND providing jobs for their people with these projects. Thats why I mentioned Toba inlet, which is a Homalco(sp) band area. They are one of the shareholders.
And yes B.C. does need the power. We are currently net importers of power according to BC Hydro.
It is still greener than a nuclear plant and a lot safer since we know that if we were to go nuclear it would not be built in the center of the city that uses all the power but in some remote region as in out of sight out of mind.