<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>23</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stodalka, William</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Call in the lawyers; First Nations in both B.C. and Alberta file legal challenges over Site C dam</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Alaska Highway News </style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Canadian Environmental Assessment Agency</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">First Nation's Treaty Rights</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Mikisew Cree First Nation</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Ministry of Environment</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Treaty 8 First Nations</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2014</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">11/2014</style></date></pub-dates></dates><urls><web-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://search.proquest.com/docview/1625163946</style></url></web-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Infomart, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Fort St. John, BC</style></pub-location><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1 page </style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng </style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Another First Nation Chief, McLeod Lake Indian Band Chief Derek Orr, noted that the two earlier Peace River dams influenced his group's decision to oppose Site C. &quot;The W.A.C. Bennett Dam and Peace Canyon Dam were constructed without consultation with our First Nations,&quot; he said. &quot;Our fish have been poisoned; our caribou have almost been completely extirpated (driven to localized extinction); we're rapidly running out of places to meaningfully exercise our rights. We do not consent to Site C.&quot;

&quot;When they built the Bennett Dam, no one thought about how the Delta might be affected,&quot; he said. &quot;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.&quot;

&quot;There is too much at stake in the Delta to ignore potential effects of yet another dam on the Peace River,&quot; added Mikisew Cree First Nation Chief Steve Courtoreille. &quot;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.&quot;
</style></abstract><custom2><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Peace-Athabasca Delta, Peace River, Bennett Dam, Lake Athabasca</style></custom2><custom4><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CEMA </style></custom4></record></records></xml>