The following remarks were given by Mike Sutherland from Peguis First Nation at the Bipole III Transmission Project Public Hearing.
“You know, it even goes back to Keeyask and Bipole III, these Riel converter stations. They are all connected here. But here we are fighting to be represented, to be heard. You know, for 30 years we have been flooding, and a lot of it is contributed to the levels of Lake Winnipeg, compounds the flooding in our community. But it all affects – the dams, the station – it all affects, you know, the way, the outcomes of our community every spring and every rain storm.” – Mike Sutherland, Peguis First Nation
Testimony of Mike Sutherland from Peguis First Nation. Bipole III Transmission Project Public Hearing. (October 1, 2012.) Transcript of Hearings Held at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Page 83-84. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/biopole-III-mb-hydro/doc/Transcripts/Bipole_Oct._1.pdf
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