The following remarks were given by Noah Massan from Fox Lake Cree Nation at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings.
“We seem to see a lot of algae now. Even our kids are swimming in that thing, they were breaking out […] what is in that water by the airport? This happened, first time happened 20 years ago, month of August I think. Because one of my band members was telling me about it. He had to take his kids there. So nobody checks our water too. My granddaughter was swimming there last year. She had a little red, I don’t know what it was, she was scratching herself.” – Noah Massan, Fox Lake Cree Nation
Testimony of Noah Massan from Fox Lake Cree Nation. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings. (December 9, 2013). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Volume 24; page 5447. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Transcripts_-_Keeyask_Winnipeg_Hearing_Dec_9,2013.pdf
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