Site C Dam and Treaty Rights Collide in Federal Court

Published: Oct. 11, 2016, 10:42 p.m.

The Treaty 8 Justice for the Peace Caravan of Fort St. John, British Columbia arrived at the Federal Court of Appeals in Montreal last month completing a journey of more than 4200 kilometres. In this conversation, poet and social worker Helen Knott of Prophet River First Nations expands on her recent piece at Ricochet Media, explaining the grassroots opposition to the proposed Site C dam and what the court\u2019s ruling could mean for treaty rights in Canada.