URGENT! A new BC government report and announcement on Site C is expected SOON. Write your MLAs to demand they cancel this disastrous mega-project once and for all. Reach them all at once here:

https://actionnetwork.org/letters/write-your-mla-to-say-make-cancelling-the-site-c-dam-your-new-years-resolution

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You can also write to MLAs individually by searching them here: https://www.leg.bc.ca/learn-about-us/members

Write whatever you think is important, and below we will post some of the points from our sample letter which we think they need to be reminded of and held accountable to:

- The estimated cost of Site C has almost doubled to $12 billion. BC Hydro now refuses to make new public estimates of the costs, which is deeply troubling.

The Prophet River Band and the West Moberly First Nation, whose territories the dam would flood, have always been clearly opposed to the project. Now it is time to enact “free, prior and informed consent” as outlined by UNDRIP.

In the era of COVID-19 and the uncertainty it brings to international food supply chains, local food security is more important than ever. The Peace Rive Valley has the proven capacity to grow enough fresh fruit and vegetables to feed a million people per year indefinitely.

Solar farms in Alberta are now being built for about $1 million per megawatt of capacity. It would take as little as little as $1.1 billion to equal the capacity of the Site C Dam. Instead, the taxpayers and Hydro customers in BC are facing endless spending.

There are currently approximately 5000 workers at the Site C Dam – all trying to do their best to support themselves and their families. Why not use the savings from cancelling Site C to provide them with the chance to work on meaningful projects that benefit communities?

We all know the Site C project would never pass the reasonable assessment that would be required of any other publicly funded infrastructure project

We are asking MLAs to do the right thing, to publicly demand the cancelling of the Site C dam and do everything within their power as an elected representative and person of conscience to make this happen.

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO CANCEL SITE C!