Site C proceeds!

Last fall, the Provincial Government sent the Site C project to the BCUC (BC Utilities Commission) for a review of Site C's budgetary projections and after receiving its report and a detailed review of BC's Executive Council (Cabinet) over a number of days including hearing from experts, both pro and con, the BC Government announced today that it would proceed with the project with a number of provisos - read the statement of the BC Government, with backgrounders, here

Meanwhile - BC Premier John Horgan directly addressed himself to British Columbians in regards to today's Site C decision - click here

Also - 3 Treaty 8 Nations in the Site C project impact area including West Soberly First Nations followed through with their legal threat to attempt to block the Site C project if the NDP Government proceeded with Site C and will proceed to the BC Supreme Court to get an injection to halt further work at the Site C site - click here

The Opposition BC Liberals applauded today's decision, as did a number of business groups - read the statement from the BC Liberal Opposition Caucus here

Finally - The BC Green Party, as expected, expressed their deep disappointment with the NDP Government's decision to proceed.  Read their statement here

While I expected the Provincial Government would ultimately decide to proceed, it will be interesting to see if this decision will impact the 2021 Provincial Election but I suspect it will not.  It will be news for a few days and then the general public will move on to the next topic

~SF