The following remarks were given by Chief Glenn Hudson from Peguis First Nation at the Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings.
“From, you know, certainly the words that the councillor spoke on, you know, the impacts as far as to the people themselves, but the environment, and certainly our cultural ways, traditional ways , and obviously determining the economic impacts, you know, of all of those things nothing hurts more than when you see our young people taking their lives and certainly, you know, the impacts to relationships among people, whether it is mothers and children lost because they don’t have anywhere to stay, as Mike indicated. You know, children being apprehended by Child and Family because of their situation.” – Chief Glenn Hudson, Peguis First Nation
Testimony of Chief Glenn Hudson from Peguis First Nation. Manitoba Clean Environment Commission (MCEC). Keeyask Generation Project Public Hearings. (December 11, 2013). Transcript of Hearings Held at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg, MB. Volume 26; page 6079. Retrieved from the MCEC website: http://cecmanitoba.ca/hearings/keeyask-generation-project/doc/Transcripts/Transcripts_-_Keeyask_Winnipeg_Hearing_Dec_11,2013.pdf
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