!!! Some intel from inside BC Hydro: in a recent online staff meeting on #COVID19BC safety, the feedback mechanism in the Slido app they use was overrun by negative comments on mgmt, & BCH had to shut down the app. Many people questioned the coverup of the covid death at #SiteC..
..I'm just reporting what I'm hearing from a source, given there's no transparency from govt or BC Hydro: "Employees are at the breaking point with conflicting orders, #COVID19 & incompetence, & some are now questioning #SiteC openly. Many don't care if they are fired anymore.."
.."The top issue aired in the call was the COVID-19 death of the #SiteC worker but other issues were general anger with incompetence in BC Hydro management..."
..And on the topic of the BC Govt's Comprehensive Review of BC Hydro (& I notice at least 2 #SiteC boosters are on the panel for that review) www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/in…

"I'm hearing of more retirements being announced at Hydro.. massive layoffs may be imminent...
.."My feeling is these senior managers who are leaving BC Hydro know that it has looming head count restrictions and want to avoid the pain... I've seen it before.." But some may just be increasingly fed up...
"The government is doing a comprehensive review of Hydro but are delaying their report. Why?...

"Reading into the BC govt's secrecy, govt could be looking at using gross negligence to get out of paying penalties when they cancel contracts with the #SiteC contractors..."
..."If this is the BC govt's tack, we won't ever see the international experts' reports on #SiteC stability and safety, and we'll never see Milburn's report either. They will be used as leverage to reduce cancellation penalties and stem wrongful dismissal suits..."
../End (for now).

I'd guess there are other reasons for the BC govt's extreme secrecy around #SiteC, incl evidence of political meddling & gross mismgmt of the project & the utility, so I'm not sure contractor wrongdoing wd be the sole reason for Horgan hiding the Milburn report
..But it's an interesting theory. Thoughts?

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22 Dec 20
What did I say about Mark Jaccard & Blake Shaffer (son of #SiteC lobbyist Marv Shaffer)? The fact their names are back in the news (& federal Enviro Min. @JonathanWNV keeps dropping Jaccard's name) means BC & Canada are pushing #SiteC... #bcpoli #cdnpoli cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
@JonathanWNV Mark Jaccard's main argument for #SiteC back in 2017 was that #SiteC would be "dispatchable" power (available anytime) unlike wind/solar. He managed to get himself into every media outlet to repeat this. BC DOESN'T BEGIN TO NEED ANY MORE DISPATCHABLE POWER. He knows this #bcpoli
@JonathanWNV ..Worse, the feds are really showing their hand here by throwing money at UNESCO site Wood Buffalo National Park, which the UN has warned will be impacted (desiccated) by #SiteC. The Park needs water, not money, Minister Wilkinson. Why are you pushing #SiteC on it & BC? #cdnpoli
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21 Dec 20
What's really funny is that the person who coined "trickle down" meant it as mockery. Do you know who that is? "Fifty Years of Tax Cuts for Rich Didn’t Trickle Down, Study Says" bloomberg.com/news/articles/… #capitalism
..Will Rogers coined "trickle-down." Yes, that's right, the humourist Will Rogers. He was criticizing Hoover's stimulus package in the 30s Depression because (like so much Covid stimulus) it was going to powerful entities that didn't need it: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trickle-d…
..Meanwhile, another expression for a capitalist article of faith - "pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" - also started off as a joke. It's a 19th C expression to describe the impossibility of pulling yourself up alone. Yet some take it at face value. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootstrap…
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18 Dec 20
Given that the Milburn report could potentially be announced tomorrow, it feels like a good time to refocus on #SiteC. We know all the many arguments against this dam, but the thing is, all but one of them are moot.

The site's geology makes the dam unsafe, period.
#bcpoli 1/x
..Yes, other arguments against #SiteC are good:
* violation of Indigenous & treaty rights
* more than double the cost of greener alternatives
* vast loss of agricultural land in midst of food insecurity
* extreme environmental damage
* high hydro rates will slow decarbonization..
..And
* what we now know of the massive GHG climate impact of dams.

But the problem with making any & all of these arguments against #SiteC - & each of them should have disqualified this dam - is that using them almost implies the dam is even safely completable. It's not.
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17 Dec 20
BREAKING: A former CEO of BC Hydro CEO & a veteran dam engineer say the BC government has failed in its oversight role. "Why #SiteC Construction Should Stop Today" by Marc Eliesen & Ken Farquharson #bcpoli thetyee.ca/Analysis/2020/…
.."Unfortunately, this important government responsibility [dam safety] has rarely been mentioned as #SiteC has careened from one set of problems to another." - former BC Hydro CEO Marc Eliesen #bcpoli
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15 Dec 20
Quick #SiteC update:
1. It is widely reported that @jjhorgan has the Milburn #SiteC report but hasn't told the public. Release the unredacted report now; it's ours.
2. The current #bcpoli Leg session ends Thursday. It would be classic Horgan to make a statement late Friday..
3. There have been a number of signs that the BC govt, various #SiteC boosters like Marc Jaccard, and Fed Minister of Environment @JonathanWNV are gearing up to produce reasons to pass #SiteC (ignoring its geotechnical instability)... #bcpoli
4. A study recently out of Alberta (odd timing) looks at #SiteC economics & concludes it's only worthwhile to go ahead if it feeds electricity to Alberta under certain conditions (which can't be met). It ignores the fact that greener, cheaper alternatives to #SiteC exist..
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There's something really illogical about the school = mental health link. If going to school with other children is necessary for mental health, why is home schooling legal, for instance? Friend: "The obvious answer is it depends on the kid, but then the argument collapses."
Friend: "Some parents are literally thinking 'Brianna and Brendan and Madison and Kai are going to fall behind'... Behind all the other kids falling behind at the same time."
Then you get denial that kids, who tend to be asymptomatic with Covid, can be serious transmitters because parents are pushed into wishfully believing the best because there’s no plan B for childcare, whether personally or socially. But ICYMI: spiegel.de/international/…
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