BC residents enjoy some of the cheapest electricity in North America thanks to hydro.  This is a great advantage to potential investors.  Further, BC Hydro does not generate enough energy today to cover consumption.  They import from other jurisdictions, primarily Alberta and Washington.  We need more cheap power today and in the future.

I respect indigenous rights, but I also respect the Supreme Court that has said time and again that those rights can be infringed for the greater social good.  I don't know of a greater good than energy security, and no...it can't be replaced with wind or solar.  Google an Ontario Hydro site called Sygration to see how OPG can only use about 10% of their wind capacity.