e-880 (Environmental assessment and review)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-118-03 Government Response to petitions concerning environmental assessment and review
- Aboriginal rights
- British Columbia
- Peace River
- Public consultation
- Site C Clean Energy Project
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- We are concerned that the construction of the BC Hydro Site C Megaproject (Site C) will compound the far-reaching impacts experienced by the W.A.C. Bennett Dam, built in the 1960s, with cumulative impacts undermining the Slave River’s continued ability to support ecosystem services and livelihood across the Mackenzie River Basin;
- We believe that the Government of Canada’s approval of construction permits for Site C will impact the people and environment all the way to the Arctic Ocean;
- Approval of Site C without free, prior, informed consent or appropriate accommodation of Indigenous people to the Arctic Ocean would contradict Section 35 of the Constitution Act, the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, the UN General Assembly’s Resolution 2010, UN Convention on Biodiversity (1992), and the Paris Treaty Agreement of 2015; and
- Approval is also incompatible with the work conducted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, contradicting the call to repair harm and move forward with reconciliation.
- Open for signature
- February 17, 2017, at 4:10 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- June 17, 2017, at 4:10 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
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Michael McLeod
(Northwest Territories)
September 22, 2017 (Petition No. 421-01656) - Government response tabled
- October 25, 2017
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
---|---|
Alberta | 125 |
British Columbia | 951 |
Manitoba | 8 |
New Brunswick | 3 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 8 |
Northwest Territories | 63 |
Nova Scotia | 8 |
Ontario | 164 |
Prince Edward Island | 1 |
Quebec | 30 |
Saskatchewan | 12 |
Yukon | 12 |