In the 5th episdoe of our series of why Canada Sucks we talk about the large and harmful affect Hydro has had on northern indigenous communities in Manitoba. We talk with Sadie Phoenix-Lavoie who is the community coordinator for Wa Ni Ska Tan, an alliance of hydro affected communities about the recent report about the decades of abuse associated with Manitoba Hydro projects in northern Manitoba.

Later in the show you will hear an interview with David Bighetty who completed a 1,000km walk from Leaf Rapids to call attention to the displacement of the community of Granville Lake in 2003.

We played Fire 2 the Water by Lenord Sumner. That song is off his latest album Standing in the Light 
http://www.leonardsumner.com/

Find out more about Wa Ni Ska Tan here http://hydroimpacted.ca/

'Pure Trauma': Fox Lake members stricken after hasty release of troubling report https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/trauma-in-fox-lake-after-report-release-1.4797165

'An open wound': Fox Lake leadership says historical sexual abuse by Hydro workers haunts residents  https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/fox-lake-cree-nation-sexual-abuse-manitoba-hydro-1.4795241

David Bighetty completes epic trek, calls for more action on rebuilding Granville Lake  https://www.thompsoncitizen.net/news/nickel-belt/david-bighetty-completes-epic-trek-calls-for-more-action-on-rebuilding-granville-lake-1.23398008

For Background here is a artilce about the resistance to Hydro in Cross Lake Manitoba https://www.culturalsurvival.org/publications/cultural-survival-quarterly/treaty-violations-and-hydro-payment-rebellion-cross-lake

Article that covers more of the history of the impact of Manitoba Hydro in northern Mantioba  https://briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/view/flooded-and-forgotten