The following remarks were given by Rene Gambler from Pine Creek First Nation at the Bipole III Public Hearing Community Meeting: Dauphin.
“The woman that works for Frontier School Division in Pine Creek, I didn’t actually see the records, but half of our children are suffering from mould, living in mould. And I see these houses, I see them everyday. That’s the situation we’re in. Our elders are in the hospital, going to the hospital. And that’s the mould. I know it.” – Rene Gambler, Pine Creek First Nation
Testimony of Rene Gambler from Pine Creek First Nation. Bipole III Public Hearing Community Meeting: Dauphin. (October 22, 2012). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Watson Arts Centre in Dauphin, MB. Volume 9; page 1545. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/biopole-III-mb-hydro/doc/Transcripts/cecdauphin.pdf
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