The following remarks were given by John-John Baker from South Indian Lake at the MCEC Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment Community Meeting: South Indian Lake.
“And our medicines that grew along shore, that cured our people, they killed those. And they sent us out on their place and put us on pills and more pills, and we’re unhealthier. You know, it’s just crazy the way things go.” – John-John Baker, South Indian Lake
Testimony of John-John Baker from South Indian Lake. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment Community Meeting: South Indian Lake. (December 7, 2017). Transcript of Hearings Held at Thompson, MB. Page 46. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/regional-cumulative-effects-assesment/doc/Transcripts/RCEAOPCN.pdf
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