Under directions from the Campbell government, BC Hydro currently has a total of $35 billion in contractual commitments to IPPs. That commitment will pay for the IPPs that are currently installed or under construction and in the end we will have no assets to show for it. By comparison, if Site C was built by Hydro our financial commitment would be $5-6 billion and we would own the site C asset in addition to all of the the other BC Hydro legacy facilities.

The IPP strategy is an extreme departure from our decades-old energy strategy that has served us extremely well and provided us with inexpensive, reliable electric energy. None of this strategy has ever been presented in public. Neither has it ever been part of a Liberal Party election platform. The citizens of BC deserve better. We deserve honesty and openness. These are our resources and we have the right to retain control of them and not give them away to US and other foreign investors.

From Friends of Bute and From Save Our Rivers:
Save Our Rivers Society is proud to present the final chapter of the documentary series that has taken viewers all around the province to witness precious rivers threatened by private power project proposals. This 4 min film, entitled "Rivers at Risk: British Columbia" brings the series to a close with a visual tour of rivers in every corner of the province. The film shot by filmmaker Damien Gillis throughout the past several years and includes those threatened by proposals and those already being torn apart by private river power construction. This film is essential viewing for all British Columbians as they prepare to head to the polls on May 12 2009 - BC's Watershed Election. Now all six short documentaries in the "Rivers at Risk" series are available here as well.

http://saveourrivers.ca/video-library-mainmenu-29/351-rivers-at-risk-complete