Psst, Wanna Buy a BC River?

September 30, 2007 is British Columbia Rivers Day!

This
is a time to celebrate the role BC rivers has played in the history of
our province, from before Europeans came [though we don't really seem
to actually care too much about that] until today: British imperialism,
economics, recreation, [ecology, yes], etc.

Wouldn't it be great
in celebrating BC's rivers that you had the opportunity to, I don't
know, buy the water rights in perpetuity for up to $10,000?

If that sounds like a nice way to spend $10k for the chance to make your own electricity plant,
you know how to spot a bargain! Well, the government, anyway, sure
knows how to offer a bargain...everyone's water at fire sale prices.
Then you too can contribute to rolling brownouts, regional blackouts
and price gouging just like the fatcats!

Green
tags represent many of the 62 current water licenses for power
generation or storage. Yell tags represent many of the 350+ pending
applications. Red lines indicate parks.

Hurry! The offer doesn't
last forever! Once BC rivers have all been bought up, there literally
will be none left for you to snatch up. Get on it!

And if you
aren't so much in favour of selling our water rights for any price, let
alone less than $10,000, they it's time to get involved in stopping the
continued privatization of the commons: Citizens for Public Power is a good place to start.