Stolen Rivers

Common Ground
October 2007

British Columbians are facing a major challenge whether we will retain control of our water and power resources. Who gets to control and benefit from these assets is paramount. This public wealth owned by British Columbians is being given away to private power producers who plan on selling us back our own power at much higher rates, effectively turning us from owners into renters. In order to protect ours and our children’s inheritance we need to see what is being stolen right now behind closed doors. We deserve better than what this undemocratic government is secretly planning. BC’s rivers and the electricity they produce are precious public property. A tragedy will unfold unless we reclaim our rights one river at a time. See the list and map inside showing the magnitude of the theft as BC’s government rushes to sell us out to private for profit power.

Upper Pitt River Valley needs you!
by Elaine Golds, Burke Mountain Naturalists

Last chance to save Cascade Falls
by Ryan Durand, Kettle River Review Committee

List: rivers under threat

Glacier/Howser: Kootenay wilderness at risk
by Gary Diers, Purcell Alliance for Wilderness

Stand up for our rivers
by Thomas Rankin

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