Site C ‘deadline’ passes; game of chicken still on
KAMLOOPS — The four-day deadline on Site C came and went on the weekend and the sun still rises in the morning.
Last week, Premier Christy Clark gave the NDP and Greens until Saturday to decide whether they’ll ask that work on the $9-billion dam be stopped. Otherwise, she wrote in letters to the two party leaders, the province risks a $600-million, one-year delay of the project.
It was a false deadline, one clearly meant to put the squeeze on John Horgan and Andrew Weaver. Horgan refused to be cornered, brushing off Clark’s ultimatum by repeating his proposal for an independent review and telling her she should hurry the process for turning over power if she’s worried about time.
He was actually the one who started the dueling letters, asking B.C. Hydro CEO Jessica McDonald to hold off on finalizing any contracts without a penalty-free cancellation clause until it’s settled who the next government will be. He also wants the dislocation of two families in the way of the dam to be delayed.