“You know, it even goes back to Keeyask and Bipole III, these Riel converter stations. They are all connected here.”
“People live in impoverished conditions.”
Many of our people live under the poverty line.
“We cannot pick medicines from our river systems any more…”
“We have to travel out and away from that river system…”
“On average during a flood year, kids will miss six weeks of school every year.”
“Our grade 12 graduates are coming out of there at a grade 9, 10, or 11 level, but not exceeding the grader 12 level to get into university or post secondary education.”
“Water is the life blood of Mother Earth. The water is like blood in our arteries and veins.”
“Failure to protect the life blood of Mother Earth is a breach of our sacred duty to protect the environment and Mother Earth.”