A court injunction is ordering members of a Manitoba First Nation who are worried about the spread of COVID-19 to remove a blockade set up at a hydroelectric construction site.
Tataskweyak Cree Nation band councillor Nathan Neckoway says the blockade went up Friday at an entrance to the Keeyask Generating site over worries that incoming employees could be carrying the virus. “Our community is in an extremely vulnerable position at this point,” Neckoway said in a release. “We are trying to do everything we can to protect the safety and wellness of our citizens.
As a sovereign Nation, this is our right.” The northern area so far has no cases of COVID-19, and Neckoway says bringing workers in from all over the country is a risk they don’t want