Formed in early January 2018, the RCEA & AFP Working Committee have been working hard to bring attention to the inadequacies of both the Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment and the Augmented Flow Program and calling for the rejection of both. This letter to the Province of Manitoba is one action in a series of actions we are undertaking to make Manitoba Hydro accountable to hydro-impacted communities. [pdf-embedder url="http://dev.hydroimpacted.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/SquiresRCEAApril222018.pdf"]
Dispelling the Myths of Hydro in Manitoba On World Water Day, March 22nd, we wanted to challenge the notion that hydropower is clean and green. It was a chance to walk in solidarity with and support of hydro-impacted communities across Manitoba. It was also an opportunity for Winnipeggers to hear directly from Indigenous people living in these impacted communities and learn. The event began at the Manitoba Hydro Building in Downtown Winnipeg, where over 150 people gathered. Sadie Phoenix Lavoie, Community Coordinator of Wa Ni Ska Tan, and Laura Tyler, Manitoba Energy Justice Coalitio
By Manitoba Energy Justice Coalition (originally published on MEJC’s website on March 22nd, 2018) On March 21st 2018, there was a mass resignation of the Manitoba Hydro board citing an inability "to have a meaningful dialogue... despite repeated attempts” with the Pallister government and challenges related to the finances and governance of Manitoba Hydro including its attempts to rectify relationships with Indigenous peoples affected by generating stations. After the election of the current Progressive Conservative government in Manitoba, the existing Manitoba Hydro Electric Board
Wa Ni Ska Tan is an intervenor in the National Energy Board's (NEB) hearings regarding Manitoba Hydro's application to proceed with the Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project (MMTP). The project requires the construction and operation of a 500 kV alternating current international power line (IPL) extending from Manitoba Hydro’s Dorsey Converter Station (located near Rosser, north-west of Winnipeg) to the international boundary between Manitoba and Minnesota. The Dorsey IPL will connect with a new 500 kV transmission line in the US, called the Great Northern Transmission Line. The projec
Another proposal deadline has come and gone. We're very excited about the new projects and research that was approved by the Research Committee on January 23rd. See below for a summary of the research and community projects we are supporting. Another outcome of the last research meeting was the formation of the Regional Cumulative Effects Assessment (RCEA) and Augmented Flow Program (AFP) working committee. More information on the RCEA & AFP working committee can be found here. Water Rights Legal Research Jerch Law - $15,000 This proposal carries forward previous legal research on t
A poem by Lysette Neckoway Follow the bi-poles down highway 6 This is how I remember The way home To the front step Of Kitanaskotapanimosoms fishing camp Where he raised his children A trail to my community Nisichawayshik Where they meet Those three rivers Where whisahkijacks footprints remain Desecrated on our lands Where he once sat Flooded Beneath the once shallow shores All for "the development" Of a corporation Caught between two worlds One which was instilled upon my people Western ideologies that clash with Nitho ki
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