The following remarks were given by Chief Cathy Merrick from Pimicikamak Cree Nation at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings.
“As a woman who brings life into this world, I honour my sacred responsibility to the life and Mother Earth. All women are concerned about how water is poisoned by the project. We need a study to find out why many women do not carry their children to term, and many that do are still born, and there are many more that have birth defects and health defects unheard of prior to the project.” – Chief Cathy Merrick, Pimicikamak Cree Nation
Testimony of Chief Cathy Merrick from Pimicikamak Cree Nation. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings. (December 4, 2013). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Volume 22; page 5033. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Transcripts_-_Keeyask_Winnipeg_Hearing_Dec_4,20131.pdf
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