[BCFSN] Fwd: [LW:] Quesnel Sockeye Run (to try to spawn now in mining spill slag Hazeltine Creek) are now approaching, need reports from Hells Gate now/(but DFO has stopped giving temperature data)

[Dawn Morrison]

Hi All,

Thank you to John MacLeod for sharing the important information below about
the threat to the maintaining sustainable quantities of water for both
present and future generations. With the doom and gloom of climate change
hanging over us, it's critical that we all understand how the government
and corporate agendas are a threat so we can make change. I appreciate how
the Council of Canadians speaks out in favour of Indigenous peoples as the
original stewards of the watersheds. Our sacred rights and responsibilities
are inextricably linked to the conservation of biodiversity for all, and
the sustainability of the land and food system in the forests, fields and
waterways.

Please share this information widely. We can no longer be complacent on
these issues.



Dawn Morrison,

BC Food Systems Network
Working Group on Indigenous Food Sovereignty
C/O 555 East 55th Avenue
Vancouver, B.C, V5X 1N6
Mobile: 778.879.5106
Email: dmo6842 at gmail.com
Website: www.indigenousfoodsystems.org






---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: John McLeod <johnwmac at telus.net>
Date: Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 9:57 AM
Subject: Fwd: Stop the groundwater gold rush in B.C.
To: Dawn Morrison <dmo6842 at gmail.com>


Hello Dawn,

This may be of interest to forward to the WGIFS and others as pertinent to
Mt. Polley and ALL waterways in BC.

Anytime you are visiting the Shuswap I’d love to meet for a coffee and a
chat.

Cheers
John


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*From: *The Council of Canadians <inquiries at canadians.org>
*Subject: **Stop the groundwater gold rush in B.C.*
*Date: *August 14, 2015 at 10:54:45 AM PDT
*To: *johnwmac at telus.net

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Dear John,

The B.C. government is getting set to introduce sweeping changes to how
water is regulated in our province.

While the regulation and monitoring of groundwater use is long overdue, the
government’s new Water Sustainability Act is still based on the outdated
"first in time, first in right" (FITFIR) framework established roughly *100
years ago* for surface water. FITFIR gives priority to older permits and,
during times of drought, will cut off access to newer permits.

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Applying this model to groundwater not only limits water stewardship and
regulation in the public interest, it also *establishes a "gold rush"
approach for new groundwater licences.*

What’s more, the water permits will allow companies and other water users
to draw water for an *indefinite period of time.*

With growing water scarcity in B.C., we must take action now
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to ensure the act does not include the FITFIR framework.

The act also does not prioritize Indigenous water use even though
Indigenous communities are undisputedly "first in time" users. Instead, the
province asserts Crown ownership over water that *denies Indigenous
communities the ability to govern and steward watersheds* and water
resources according to their values and traditions.

Rather than caving to the pressure of industrial users, the province should
address the concerns and values of ecological health, the public interest
and Indigenous communities of these territories.

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Thank you so much for taking action,


Emma Lui
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