8 Credibility Issues

8  BC Hydro has its own credibility issues.

Why does anyone believe BC Hydro's claim that more generating capacity is needed? Are they not the one's responsible for the "bait and switch," convincing homeowners to switch to electric heat and then creating a two-tier rate system which causes huge electricity bills many cannot afford to pay? Why would we believe that drowning BC land to generate more power to sell elsewhere will be of any benefit to the people whose lives will be irreparably changed? More mental health workers and welfare benefits for the region? Is that the trade-off?

How much power corporation and/or government support is going into developing alternate energy sources? Wind energy. Solar energy. We are so far behind the rest of the world, they're about ready to abandon us. Once Canada was a leader. Today, Canada is embarrassing.

Sacrificing the Peace involves a failure of imagination. A failure of empathy. A failure of compassion. And a failure to think outside the box of 19th and 20th century solutions to energy needs. A failure to listen. A failure to question a system in which power depends on money and votes.

Neither the power corporation nor the government can be trusted to do what is best for the local residents.