BC Hydro dropped off an impressive stack of paper yesterday claiming they are making an application for an injunction in B.C. Supreme Court to keep people who are protesting the Site C dam project from camping overnight at its Vancouver office at 333 Dunsmuir. So it is not an actual injunction even--just the threat of one.
The camp has been operating 24 hours a day at the Dunsmuir Street building since it began on March 13,
Hydro claims the camp 1) poses "health and safety risks" 2) "impedes emergency evacuation routes," and 3) camp members "are intimidating employees and passers by."
All of these claims are false. A fire marshall has inspected the site and cleared it. BC Hydro itself has blocked exits and removed door handles. The camp members are all polite and helpful to all passers by.
So this is (another--similar to the Rocky Mtn Fort injunction) bullying measure trying to stifle the right to peceful protest and the truths about the Site C project that the camp are expressing.
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