Protesters at Premier Clark’s Kelowna office call for end to sewage dumping – The Globe and Mail
Apr. 16 2015
Protesters occupying Premier Christy Clark’s constituency office say they are ready to engage in mediated talks with government, but first they want a moratorium on the disposal of biosolids, or sewage sludge, on land in the Merritt area.
“We’re open to solutions from the province, and of course, we’d bring our own proposals forward, but the moratorium would have to stay in place until we have something that works for everyone,” Aaron Sam, Chief of the Lower Nicola Band, said Thursday in a phone interview from Ms. Clark’s office.
Chief Sam said about 20 other protesters, both First Nation and non-aboriginal, began occupying the riding office in West Kelowna on Wednesday to focus attention on a controversial biosolids project outside Merritt in the Nicola Valley.
