The following remarks were given by Wilbur Wood from South Indian Lake at the MCEC Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment Community Meeting: South Indian Lake.
“Another thing is all the sickness, you know, nowadays you see a lot of people getting sick. A lot of people, some of us believe it’s the water, because we never had this water before. There’s all kinds of disease now that we never had. You know, never used to see people with diabetes, no, I don’t remember all the years that I’ve lived. And you know, the fish we used to eat, it used to be like, like that canned salmon, hard, nice and hard, you know, firm. But now you try to eat a fish, it’s mushy, watery, you know.” – Wilbur Wood, South Indian Lake
Testimony of Wilbur Wood from South Indian Lake. MCEC Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment Community Meeting: South Indian Lake. (December 7, 2017). Transcript of Hearings Held at Thompson, MB. Page 60. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/regional-cumulative-effects-assesment/doc/Transcripts/RCEAOPCN.pdf
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