The following remarks were given by Solange Garson from Tataskweyak Cree Nation at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings.
“I was stunned when I returned home, periodically I’ll go home. I remember how TCN was with six beautiful beaches, clear water and fish that were edible. Now, ugly jagged rocks Hydro had dumped onto the shorelines, also the water is murky brown with manure and dead logs from the erosions from the fluctuating water level, and fish are likely with high level of mercury and some are rotten with sickness. I have seen it.” – Solange Garson, Tataskweyak Cree Nation
Testimony of Solange Garson from Tataskweyak Cree Nation. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings. (November 14, 2013). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Volume 15; page 3291. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Transcripts_-_Keeyask_Winnipeg_Hearing_Nov_14,2013.pdf
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