Whether it be accommodating the needs of first nations or ensuring that the community is not negatively impacted by a company/firm is one of the most important external factors for corporations to acknowledge. BC Hydro is choosing not too. Their proposed new hydroelectric megaproject would include flooding 83km of the Peace River Valley effectively ruining habitats and land that First Nations use as traditional land for fishing.
Kootenay Dam in, South Slocan, British Columbia.
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If BC Hydro were permitted to complete this project, not only would it set a precedent for future similar cases, it would also show that it’s okay for big companies to ignore the negative impacts their decisions have on the community. Furthermore, just because a new power option is needed in Northern BC, doesn’t mean that an $8 billion megaproject is the only solution. This case, however, is a blessing in disguise as it allows the Federal Government to lay down the law and let other corporations know that destroying environments, homes and, people’s livelihoods just to make the balance sheet look better it is not permitted. It’s time to put communities before companies.