SUN JOURNAL • February 21, 2021
Decades ago the dams and infrastructure owned by Hydro-Quebec were built on the land of three First Nations tribes in Quebec without consent or compensation. To this day, HQ continues to deny us our rights so others can profit off land that is rightfully ours. In Maine, CMP and HQ are funding an expensive PR campaign to convince voters that NECEC is somehow good for Maine. In reality it’s good for two foreign corporations and Massachusetts. In reality Mainers would get very little in return for serving as HQ’s extension cord while others prosper. An even bigger lie is that HQ’s power is “clean” even though the generation of this power has cost my people everything; our heritage, our culture, our way of life and our future. ~ Lucien Wabanonik, former grand chief, Anishnabeg Nation Tribal Council