The following remarks were given by Eunice Beardy from Split Lake at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearing Community Meeting: Tataskweyak Cree Nation.
“Our water is no longer clear. Our children can’t even swim in that water anymore. They try and swim in there, they come out, they have rashes. And that is the same with our animals, our fish. We used to be go down the lake just behind our houses, go fish, get a fish, cook it. Not anymore. We catch a fish, it is not healthy to eat. You cook that fish, it falls apart. And that is not a healthy fish. It is slimy. So, our water is not safe, our land is not safe.” – Eunice Beardy, Split Lake
Testimony of Eunice Beardy from Split Lake. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearing Community Meeting: Tataskweyak Cree Nation. (October 8, 2013). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Tataskweyak Metawekamik Centre in Split Lake, MB. Page 41. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Public_Hearing_Oct_8,2013_Split_Lake.pdf
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