The following remarks were given by Chris Baker from South Indian Lake at the Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment Community Meeting: South Indian Lake.
“And this we said too, we’ve experienced these certain kinds of ailments, serious ones like cancer, diabetes, things that impact us from the conditions that others have created. If you drink water that’s not good, you’ll get sick.” – Chris Baker, South Indian Lake
Testimony of Chris Baker from South Indian Lake. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment Community Meeting: South Indian Lake. (December 7, 2017). Transcript of Hearings Held at Thompson, MB. Page 85. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://www.cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/regional-cumulative-effects-assesment/doc/Transcripts/RCEAOPCN.pdf
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