Vaughn Palmer: Manoeuvring to short-circuit lawsuits against hydro power development

VICTORIA — Not often does a government press release lay out two options in such dramatic contrast as the one this week on the high-stakes legal battle over Site C.
“The provincial government, B.C. Hydro, West Moberly First Nations and Prophet River First Nation have agreed to enter into confidential discussions to seek alternatives to litigation related to the Site C dam project,” it began.
But meanwhile, the fallback option of litigation would be proceeding down a parallel tr