The first nation settles in place C
The Canadian Press – June 27, 2022 / 3:38 pm | History: 373119
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The location of Site C Dam can be seen along the Peace River in Fort St. John, British Columbia, Tuesday, April 18, 2017. An agreement has been reached with the First Nations of West Moberley in connection with a lawsuit under which the massive hydroelectric dam site C in the northeastern part of BC will destroy their territory and violate their rights. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Jonathan Hayward
An agreement has been reached with the first West Moberly nations over a lawsuit that a massive hydroelectric dam at Site C in the northeastern part of BC will destroy their territory and violate their rights.
A joint statement by the federal and provincial governments, West Moberly and the dam builder, BC Hydro, announced a partial agreement on the civil case.
It says BC Hydro and the province will give nations financial benefits, opportunities to contract and transfer provincial lands to the crown, while West Moberly grants a waiver of claims against the Site C project.
The agreement is an agreement with the federal government, but the claim that the existing dams on the Peace River violate West Moberly’s contractual rights will be stopped in order to try to negotiate an agreement.
West Moberly’s first nation chief Roland Wilson says the agreement is a compromise because the nations have realized that the $ 16 billion project will not be stopped.
He says the land West Moberly receives in the village will never replace the Peace River Valley, which is flooded by the project.
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