Save Our Rivers, Indeed

Why the private power battle is so critical.

By Rafe Mair
The Tyee
April 14, 2008

I must, in fairness, tell you that I support, and have publicly spoken for the Save Our Rivers Society, which, along with other groups and countless British Columbians, is actively opposing the privatization of our power and the abuse of up to 750 of our rivers and streams to make great wads of cash for the private sector. I'm sure you will bear my prejudice in mind.

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The questions we must ask ourselves are these: Do we want private companies -- many of them large American outfits -- to develop our hydro power and make huge profits for largely offshore shareholders?

Or do we want to develop our own power and set our own course?

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But there is one question that overrides all else. Were you consulted on this matter of enormous consequences? Was this even an election issue?

The answer is, of course, no. This has been policy by stealth.

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