Shoal Lake #39 Demanding Compensation

About 30 members of the Shoal Lake #39 First Nation are walking to Winnipeg to back demands for compensation for the water that City draws from their lake.
Band Chief Eli Mandamin says they want at least $124-million a year to pay for the drinking water taken from Shoal Lake.
Angus Toulous heads up the Chiefs of Ontario and says the battle is all about the protection of band resources.
Shoal Lake #39 Chief Eli Mandamin says the community has voted in favour of more dramatic action, such as blocking Ash Rapids, if they don’t get any response from either the Ontario and Manitoba government’s.