The following remarks were given by Ivan Moose from Fox Lake Cree Nation at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings.
“Previous Hydro developments brought social and human destruction that can be likened to communities in war zones. In my community of Gillam and Bird during the construction of the Kettle Rapids, Limestone and the Conawapa dam, there have been beatings, there have been rapes, there have been forced removal of elders, destruction of our homes, moving of graves, and a hostile Hydro town that was bent on removing the people of Fox Lake from Gillam. There has yet to be a single criminal charge laid for criminal offences that happened during this time.” – Ivan Moose, Fox Lake Cree Nation
Testimony of Ivan Moose from Fox Lake Cree Nation. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings. (January 7, 2014). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Volume 29; page 6593. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Transcripts_-_Keeyask_Winnipeg_Hearing_v.29_Jan_7,_2014.pdf
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