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B.C. First Nations and environmental groups are opposing the provincial government's decision to give BC Hydro the green light to build a massive hydroelectric dam on the Peace River, in northeastern B.C.
"We are gravely concerned about this, given the government's recent watering down of environmental regulatory processes," said Chief Roland Willson of the West Moberly First Nations.
"That could enable this mega project to move through with little or no challenges to the application."
Campbell and members of the Liberal Cabinet gathered at Hudson's Hope on April 19 to give approval to move to stage 3 of the regulatory process for the $6.6 billion Site C dam project.
This stage is expected to take two years.
Treaty 8 Nations said they are disappointed that the Stage 2 consultation process with BC Hydro remains incomplete, making the government's decision to move to Stage 3 premature.
"Treaty 8 First Nations continue to be frustrated with British Columbia's disregard of their treaty rights when it comes to the cumulative impacts of resource development," said Tribal Chief Liz...