The following remarks were given by Charlotte Wastesicoot from Tataskweyak Cree Nation at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings.
“I just wanted to share that even though people don’t speak up and say what is in their hearts, I know that they feel that grievance for their land and water. They have a lot of grief in their heart. And I know and I feel that it has affected — it has been devastated. They have been sick from the water and the environment being polluted. It is not just Manitoba Hydro, but it is Inco too. That was the whole purpose of that Kelsey dam in the first place, to provide electricity for Thompson and that Inco mine. Inco mine is another story, another big environmental polluter. We know that.” – Charlotte Wastesicoot, Tataskweyak Cree Nation
Testimony of Charlotte Wastesicoot from Tataskweyak Cree Nation. Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings Community Meeting: Bird Reserve. (September 25, 2013). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Bird Reserve School in Bird Reserve, MB. Page 15-16. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Public_Hearing_Sept_25,2013_-_Bird_Reserve.pdf
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