Undoubtedly, the agreement between BC Hydro and opposing stakeholders regarding the construction of the site C dam will not reach a consensus any time soon. As the Globe and Mail article has mentioned, it will take convincing argument backed up with just as convincing data to assure the First Nations and many environmentalists that the construction of Site C will leave a sufficient amount of natural land in tact for wildlife to continue to thrive. Part of what makes this project so difficult to execute is the subjectivity of the issues. Concerns range from basic “to build or not?” questions, to “how far into nature can we build?” The good news is that, contrary to popular belief, the First Nations people of Canada are not an unreasonable community. It is a fact that with differing cultures, differing values and opinions will arise. However, it is important to remember that the First Nations are, also, Canadians. And if they are anything like most of us, they are community that is non-static, a community that is willing to progress and advance with the rest of the world. Since the industrial revolution, the slowing down in technology (as the First Nations people of Canada carefully consider BC Hydro’s proposal) might, in fact, be a challenge to research an even more sustainable approach to energy.

Globe and Mail article: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/first-nations-challenge-to-site-c-approval-could-make-dam-a-test-case/article21121456/