The following remarks were given by Ian Cluny from Tataskweyak Cree Nation at the Bipole III Transmission Project Public Hearing.
“The members of Tataskweyak Cree Nation have lived with the very significant disruptions caused by these developments on a daily basis for more than 50 years, and the harmony and balance they have strived to maintain with Mother Earth has been profoundly and negative affected. The roughly 400 kilometres of the transmission lines associated with the Bipole III project will further fragment its resource area. Additionally, the Keewatinoow converter station and associated facilities will disrupt even more of TCN’s traditional homeland.” – Ian Cluny, Tataskweyak Cree Nation
Testimony of Ian Cluny from Tataskweyak Cree Nation. Bipole III Transmission Project Public Hearing. (October 1, 2012.) Transcript of Hearings Held at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Page 23. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/biopole-III-mb-hydro/doc/Transcripts/Bipole_Oct._1.pdf
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