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Innu Nation suing over disruption to land and culture caused by Churchill Falls project

Saying their community's culture and way of life was devastated by the construction of a hydroelectric project, the Innu Nation of Labrador is taking Hydro-Québec and Churchill Falls Corp. to the Supreme Court of Newfoundland and Labrador.

The Innu Nation announced its $4 billion statement of claim Tuesday at a news conference, where community leaders said their people people have lived with anger, hurt and loss for decades, since construction began in 1967.

That construction, which continued into the mid-'70s, backed by the power utilities of Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, led to subsequent flooding of ancestral lands, Innu Nation leaders said.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/innu-nation-compensation-hydro-quebec-churchill-falls-dam-1.5751989

 

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