As the foregoing discussion suggests, there are numerous parallels between past Canadian experiences, and the ongoing experience with the Bakun Dam. Some brief examples include:

• The environmental impacts of the projects, and of related economic developments; and the implications of these impacts for the wellbeing of affected communities.
• Concerns about resettlement, and resulting economic and social disruption.
• The conflict between maintenance of the traditional economic activities of native communities, and integration into the cash economy. In particular, there are useful parallels to be explored between Sarawak and the Canadian north.
• The significance of dams as symbols of national pride and aspirations.
• The significance of activism and resistance to development, by those affected by the project.
• The interaction between federal and state environmental authorities. [The circumstances behind the transfer of authority over the Bakun Dam from the federal to the Sarawak state government, and the role of the courts in determining the validity of this transfer, may be usefully compared with recent Canadian federal and provincial jurisdictional conflicts over dam projects, including the Oldman Dam in Alberta, the Rafferty-Alameda Dam in Saskatchewan, and the James Bay project in Quebec.
• Efforts to manipulate the environmental impact assessment process. For example, for the Great Whale Project, the Quebec government advocated breaking the EIA process into two parts: to assess the roads and other infrastructure first, and then the dams, thereby enabling construction on the infrastructure to begin sooner. This parallels the strategy followed the Bakun Dam proponents, of breaking the EIA into four parts, in order to accelerate construction.

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