The following remarks were given by Jonathan Kitchekeesik from Split Lake at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings.
“And in 1992, I had a dream of my grandfather and a little child. There was three of us standing there, holding hands. My grandfather spoke to me in that dream and he said look at the little child. There was no place for him to play. That’s the way it looks now in Split Lake with all the sharp rocks along the shoreline.” – Jonathan Kitcherkeesik, Split Lake
Testimony of Jonathan Kitchekeesik from Split Lake. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings. (November 14, 2013). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Volume 15; page 3352. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Transcripts_-_Keeyask_Winnipeg_Hearing_Nov_14,2013.pdf
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