Campaign Videos: Stop the Site C Dam

The human story behind BC Hydro's proposed 60 metre-high Site C dam on the Peace River of British Columbia.

This is a Wilderness Committee On The Ground Report about the Paddle for the Peace event which took place on July 9, 2011.

In May and June of 2011 the Wilderness Committee along with the Treaty 8 Tribal Association and the Peace River Valley Environment Association conducted a tour of British Columbia to voice our opposition to the proposed Site C Dam.

Part of the presentation on the "Keep the Peace Road Tour" At the May 31st 2011 event in Vancouver Wilderness Committee National Campaign Director Joe Foy debunks the myth that BC is running out of electrical energy. 

At a recent event in Vancouver, the Wilderness Committee's Joe Foy picked apart the BC Liberal Government's faulty case for Site C Dam - discussing better alternatives to power our future needs and the enormous cost of a dam whose real purpose is to subsidize shale gas and coal mines.

At a recent event in Vancouver, biologist and Peace Valley Environment Association representative Diane Culling discussed the enormous consequences of the proposed Site C Dam - including the flooding of prime farmland at a time when the province faces major food security challenges.

Tribal Chief of Treaty 8 Tribal Association of First Nations, Liz Logan, advocates against the building of the Site C Dam in the Peace Valley, BC, Canada.

Peace Valley Association Member and resident of the Peace Valley, Gwen Johansson, advocates against the building of the Site C Dam in the Peace Valley, BC, Canada.

Diane Culling, a Peace Valley Environment Association Member, advocates against the building of the Site C Dam in the Peace Valley, BC, Canada.

Former Saulteau First Nation Chief Art Napolean speaks out against the proposed Site C Dam.