The following remarks were given by Donald Mckay Sr. from Pimicikamak Cree Nation at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearing Community Meeting: Pimicikamak Cree Nation.
“The drinking water, we have to buy drinking water from the store. And in the Winnipeg, in Winnipeg, they get water from miles, and miles from Winnipeg, to get the clean water. And there is clean water here somewhere in the lakes here around Cross Lake. Where the pipe could go. But, we are bringing muddy water here in Cross Lake. No wonder people get so sick. Everybody gets sick. And every home someone is sick. Because of the water. The water is not fit to drink. Nor to cook with it. We need the clean water in Cross Lake. People are sick, like I said in the nursing station, it is full every day. Full of people going there because they are not feeling well. They are sick. And I blame water for that. I blame Hydro for damaging the water. Damaging our life. Damaging our livelihood.” – Donald Mckay Sr., Pimicikamak Cree Nation
Testimony of Donald Mckay Sr. from Pimicikamak Cree Nation. Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings Community Meeting: Pimicikamak Cree Nation. (October 9, 2013). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Pimicikamak Band Hall in Cross Lake, MB. Page 12. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Public_Hearing_Oct_9,2013_Cross_Lake.pdf
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