Summary--Cluff Lake Board of Inquiry Local Hearings in Northern Sask

Publisher:  Inter-Church Energy Committee, Saskatoon, Canada
Year Published:  1979
Pages:  13   Resource Type:  Article
Cx Number:  CX998

A report on some discrepancies in the Bayda Report.

Abstract: 
People in northern Saskatchewan have been deeply concerned with development, sources of employment, and ways to overcome dependency on government. Attitudes toward the pursuits of the uranium industry include hard criticism about the big rush, anticipation of some jobs with scepticism about the actual reults for native people, and a sense of inevitability about massive industrial incursion. Some of these concerns and criticisms are expressed in Robin Hill's summary of the offical transcripts from the "Bayda Inquiry" hearings in northern Saskatchewan.

Robin Hill points to an important discrepancy between actual Bayda Report and the transcripts. The Report carries an implied support for uranium expansion; the transcripts lack evidence for this support. This discrepancy shows a complete disregard for what Saskatchewan people are saying. The report also offers some neocolonial support for tax-base and employment demands, while endorsing vast mining expansion.