The following remarks were given by Chief Glen Hudson from Peguis First Nation at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings.
“Today we have, still have 2,000 people out of their homes as a result of flooding that has gone back to 2010, going on three years, or four years now this coming year. And they are all First Nations. And there is not one evacuee that’s non First Nation. Why is that? And yet we are sharing how this development is linked to our ways, to us as a people. You know, Little Peguis, which is on the Red River in the delta area of Lake Winnipeg, ceremonial grounds that have been used for centuries, they are no longer used because of the flooding.” – Chief Glenn Hudson, Peguis First Nation
Testimony of Chief Glenn Hudson from Peguis First Nation. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings. (December 11, 2013). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Volume 26; page 6038-6039. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Transcripts_-_Keeyask_Winnipeg_Hearing_Dec_11,2013.pdf
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