@article {54463,
	title = {Call in the lawyers; First Nations in both B.C. and Alberta file legal challenges over Site C dam},
	journal = {Alaska Highway News },
	year = {2014},
	month = {11/2014},
	pages = {1 page },
	publisher = {Infomart, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.},
	address = {Fort St. John, BC},
	abstract = {Another First Nation Chief, McLeod Lake Indian Band Chief Derek Orr, noted that the two earlier Peace River dams influenced his group{\textquoteright}s decision to oppose Site C. "The W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Peace Canyon Dam were constructed without consultation with our First Nations," he said. "Our fish have been poisoned; our caribou have almost been completely extirpated (driven to localized extinction); we{\textquoteright}re rapidly running out of places to meaningfully exercise our rights. We do not consent to Site C."

"When they built the Bennett Dam, no one thought about how the Delta might be affected," he said. "No one thought about how First Nations might be affected. Once the dam was built, it was too late to address our concerns. We are worried that history is repeating with Site C."

"There is too much at stake in the Delta to ignore potential effects of yet another dam on the Peace River," added Mikisew Cree First Nation Chief Steve Courtoreille. "Governments needed to take a cautious approach and ensure they understood effects to the Delta and on the Mikisew before they approved Site C. Unfortunately, they chose not to do so."
},
	keywords = {Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency, First Nation{\textquoteright}s Treaty Rights, Mikisew Cree First Nation, Ministry of Environment, Treaty 8 First Nations},
	issn = {1483975X},
	url = {http://search.proquest.com/docview/1625163946},
	author = {Stodalka, William}
}
