CALL ON PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU TO HALT CONSTRUCTION OF SITE C DAM
STOP SITE C DAM LETTER CAMPAIGN·THURSDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2017·
The Alberta Tars Sands and The Peace River Site C dam, will have environmental impacts on this National Treasure. The Prime Minister greatly values the thoughts and suggestions of Canadians. You may write or fax his office at:
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington
Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900
CALL ON PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU.!..... TO HALT CONSTRUCTION OF SITE C DAM.! CANADA HAS FAILED TO PROTECT ITS LARGEST WORLD HERITAGE SITE.! Sorry to say that Site C is a go and it takes precedence over the many, many, other values of this precious land. What Is At Stake.NOW.!...
We need you to call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to halt construction on the Site C Dam immediately while the federal government assesses the potential impacts of the dam, and of tar sands development, on Wood Buffalo National Park. Thank you NDP and Horgan for completing the Liberal dream
( to break our province financially ) ...Congrats you did it. Site C dam environmental assessment approvals don’t answer key environmental concerns
Concerns about cumulative impacts of the Site C dam project raised by environmental organizations and First Nations have been ignored in the joint environmental assessments approved by the provincial and federal governments today, ....
said Jay Ritchlin, the foundation’s director general for Western Canada. “Most importantly, the foundation supports the goals of Treaty 8 First Nations to protect their traditional territory, which will be severely affected by the dam’s development,” Ritchlin said. The next fight is just beginning. I think many groups and the First Nations will be taking this again to court to clarify the points above. We need you to call on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to halt construction on the Site C Dam immediately while the federal government assesses the potential impacts of the dam, and of tar sands development, on Wood Buffalo National Park. http://sierraclub.bc.ca/take-action-centre/stop-site-c/
THANK YOU FOR TAKING ACTION TO STOP SITE C! What Is Now At Stake. The report is clear that Canada hasn’t lived up to its promises to protect the outstanding universal values in Wood Buffalo National Park. Now the future of Canada’s largest inland delta is, in the words of the report, “uncertain at the very best.” Will Wood Buffalo National Park remain an object of national pride, or will it become a symbol of the impacts runaway development and disrespect for indigenous lifeways have on nature and culture? Only strong leadership and action can prevent an international embarrassment. This damning report also demonstrates the Trudeau government should never have allowed any approvals for the Site C mega dam in the first place. Sierra Club BC is calling on the Trudeau government to suspend its approval of Site C and order an immediate halt to construction, while Canada assesses the report’s recommendations and implements changes. In the long run Site C simply cannot be built. Here is the letter i sent. LETTER TO PRIME MINISTER TRUDEAU*
Dear Prime Minister Trudeau and Cabinet Ministers,
I’m writing to ask you to halt construction of the Site C Dam until an assessment of environmental and cultural impacts on Wood Buffalo National Park can be completed. As you know, Wood Buffalo National Park, in northeastern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, is a national treasure. It and the Peace-Athabasca delta need to be protected from the impacts of reduced flow from the Peace River if the Site C dam is built, and also from tarsands development. I care about our national parks, and the fish, moose, bison and migratory birds that Wood Buffalo National Park, the largest park in Canada, protects. I care about the Mikisew Cree, who have depended on the Peace-Athabasca Delta for millennia, and who have treaty rights that must be protected. Reconciliation is impossible when treaty rights are ignored. And UNESCO cares that the park’s status as a World Heritage Site is endangered by Site C. A UN report has strongly criticized Canada for failing to protect Wood Buffalo, its largest World Heritage Site. I am disappointed that your government has rejected the UN's recommendation to further assess the impact of Site C on the area. If this recommendation is ignored, the park risks being put on the List of World Heritage in Danger. Please halt construction of the Site C Dam right now and assess the potential impacts of the dam and tarsands on ecosystems, wildlife and Indigenous cultures. This report could do serious damage to Canada’s international environmental reputation. You can do the right thing now. You may write or fax his office at:
Office of the Prime Minister
80 Wellington Street
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A2
Fax: 613-941-6900
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