Mine supporters flood meeting – Williams Lake Tribune

Apr 23, 2015

The majority of the approximately 300 people who attended the Mount Polley Mine community meeting in Williams Lake Wednesday indicated they believe the mine should restart.

The meeting, which took place at the Gibraltar Room and saw a standing-room only crowd, marks the next phase of a public consultation process in which the company is seeking a temporary restart of the mine and a permit to discharge as much as six million cubic metres of treated water into the surrounding watershed annually.

During the question and answer period, whenever someone said they wanted the mine re-opened or praised Imperial Metal’s response to date, the crowd erupted into loud applause, whoops and hollers.

United Steelworkers Union leader Paul French said the feelings of shock and disbelief workers had when the breach occurred on Aug. 4, eventually turned to anger with people pointing fingers.

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