First Nation group says UN committee has questions about Site C project

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – On the same day that the BC Supreme Court is expected to hear an injunction application from BC Hydro, protesters opposed to Hydro’s Site C dam say a United Nations Committee will have some pointed questions about the mega project.

The chief of the West Moberly First Nation says the UN Committee is meeting in Geneva and will ask Canadian diplomats about consent of indigenous peoples regarding resource projects.

Two First Nations in northeastern BC claim Canada is not respecting international law on aboriginal and treaty rights as BC Hydro proceeds with the huge hydroelectric project.

Meanwhile, Hydro is expected to ask a BC court to issue an injunction that would remove protesters from a tent camp near Fort St. John, where contractors hope to begin laying foundations for the Site C dam.