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From award-winning journalist Sarah Cox comes the inspiring and astonishing story of the farmers and First Nations who stood up against the most expensive megaproject in BC history and the government-sanctioned bullying that propelled it forward.
In 2010, the BC government announced its plan to build a third hydroelectric dam on the Peace River. Although Site C would flood land of great significance to First Nations and some of Canada's best farmland, BC Hydro, Premier Gordon Campbell, and his successor, Christy Clark, insisted it was necessary to generate jobs and clean energy.
In this powerful work, Cox reveals the true costs and hidden dangers of the project, as told to her by the local farmers, ranchers, and First Nations leaders who tried to stop the dam and the wholesale destruction of their valley in courts of law and the court of public opinion.
This modern-day David-and-Goliath story, told in frank and moving prose, stands as a much-needed cautionary tale during an era when concerns about global warming have helped justify a renaissance of environmentally irresponsible hydro megaprojects around the world.
Contents
Foreword / Alex Neve, Secretary-General of Amnesty International Canada
Prologue
1 The Announcement
2 Treaty 8 Stewards of the Land
3 Slapped by Lawsuits
4 The Birth of a Goliath
5 Treaty Lands and Corporate Plans
6 They Call It Progress, We Call It Destruction
7 Subdivide and Conquer
8 The Nature of the Peace
9 Harnessing Political Power
10 The Renewal Revolution
11 Fight or Flight?
12 The Decision
Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index
