The following remarks were given by Noah Massan from Fox Lake Cree Nation at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearing.
“That’s when I started working when I was 15 years old, and I got to see all of the changes in our community. Like a water line was put in, our houses was getting knocked down all over. The First Nation people that lived in the community, all of their houses got knocked down. But other people, CN there, their houses never got knocked down. I guess they were white, that’s why.” – 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 5401. 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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