The following remarks were given by Victor Spence from Tataskweyak Cree Nation at the Bipole III Public Hearing.
“The very mention of hydroelectric development within our resource area causes an impact, it’s not a physical impact on the terrestrial or the aquatic, it’s an impact on our members. The very being of TCN is impacted. It does not require studies. We call it stress. In the medical world they call it stress, medical science. People die from stress. That’s an impact. People cry, and the little kids wonder why granny is crying? That is impact in human nature.” – Victor Spence, Tataskweyak Cree Nation
Testimony of Victor Spence from Tataskweyak Cree Nation. Bipole III Hearing Transcripts. (November 20, 2012). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Winnipeg Convention Centre in Winnipeg, MB. Volume 24; page 5489. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/biopole-III-mb-hydro/doc/Transcripts/cecnov2012.pdf
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