University of British Columbia Press
Once Upon an Oldman
Special Interest Politics and the Oldman River Dam
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Once Upon an Oldman
Special Interest Politics and the Oldman River Dam
Once Upon an Oldman is an account of the controversy that surrounded the Alberta government’s construction of a dam on the Oldman River to provide water for irrigation in the southern part of the province. Jack Glenn argues that, despite claims to the contrary, the governments of Canada and Alberta are not dedicated to protecting the environment and will even circumvent the law in order to avoid accepting responsibility for safeguarding the environment and the interests of Native people.
Table of Contents
Abbreviations
Preface
Introduction
PART 1
1 The Oldman River Basin
2 In the Beginning
3 The ECA Review
4 A Dam on the Oldman
5 Interlude
6 The Battle Joined
7 The EARPGO Challenge
8 Carry on Regardless
9 Milton and the Lonefighters
10 7 September 1990
11 In the Aftermath
12 The Federal Review
13 The Panel Reports
14 And Thereafter
PART 2
15 The Iron Triangle and the Oldman River Dam
16 The Environment and Its Friends
17 Archaeology
18 Biological Diversity
19 EARPGO and the Courts
20 FOR and the Attorney General
21 The Peigan Indians
22 The Peigan and the Oldman River Dam I
23 The Peigan and the Oldman River Dam II
24 The Federal Watchdog I
25 The Federal Watchdog II
26 Iniquity and Betrayal
27 The Peigan, Politics, and the Courts
28 The Environment, Politics, and the Courts
29 Information and Disinformation
30 Does It Matter?
Bibliography
Index