The Secwepemc Woman Warriors Society which has previously maintained a protest camp outside of the Mt Polley Mine Site access road in late August of 2014 has called for a Global Day of Action: STOP Mount Polley Re-Opening for Wednesday, April 29th which is when the 30 day public comment period to review Imperial Metals' permit application to allow Mt Polley to have a partial re-start is slated to come to a close.
View their Facebook page here while you can watch a YouTube video they have produced here
Two key dates to keep in mind this week:
Wednesday, April 22nd - Public Meeting in Williams Lake to review the permit application from Imperial Metals. 6:30-8:30pm in the Gibraltar Room
Thursday, April 23rd - Local First Nations meeting to review the permit application from Imperial Metals. Meeting to be held at Sugarcane (WL Indian Band territory)
After the 30 day review period is complete - I expect that the Cariboo Regional District Board will consider the topic of a letter of support for Imperial Metals' application sometime during the month of May or early June while Victoria is currently expected to render a decision on the requested permit from Imperial Metals' by the end of June.
I strongly encourage you to come to this Wednesday's public meeting, put on by Imperial Metals and state your own views on Imperial Metals being permitted to partially re-start the Mt Polley site.
I suspect many, if not, all elected officials from Williams Lake City Council and many Cariboo Regional District Directors including myself will be in attendance at Wednesday's meeting
~SF
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