The Site C Clean Energy Project (Site C) is a proposed third dam and hydroelectric generating station on the Peace River in northeast B.C. Site C would provide 1,100 megawatts of capacity, and produce about 5,100 gigawatt hours of electricity each year — enough energy to power the equivalent of about 450,000 homes per year in B.C. and this plan is having some problem with the first nation people, the problem is that the project will effect on the environment that the first nation peopIt’s our church, it’s our store, it’s our school. We have elders’ gatherings there annually,”le are living on right now, such as fishing, hunting and gathering, therefore the chief stages Site C to be shut down, they said they ““It’s our church, it’s our store, it’s our school. We have elders’ gatherings there annually,” but for those politics, they are thinking about the sustainable development of the country, for this reason, they will have to create more energy, so the conflict between the first nation people and the government is really awkward, because the first nation people are trying to save the environment, in order to save their homeland, but for the government, they have think about all the citizens, and also the development of the country.
References:
http://www.vancouversun.com/news/First+Nation+chiefs+stage+Site+showdown/10215965/story.html
O’Neil, Peter. “First Nation Chiefs to Stage Site C Showdown.”Www.vancouversun.com. N.p., 18 Sept. 2014. Web. 05 Oct. 2014.
Author Unknown. “Flooding the Landscape: The Site C Dam on B.C.’s Peace River.” News Watch. N.p., 26 Sept. 2014. Web. 07 Oct. 2014.