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Posted: Dec 10, 2020 5:00 AM CT | Last Updated: December 10, 2020 Ken Linklater, a member of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation, says he was subjected to bullying and racist behaviour by a supervisor while working at the Wuskwatim Generating Station.(Manitoba Hydro) A Manitoba Hydro worker who says he endured years of racism and bullying while working at the Wuskwatim generating station in northern Manitoba has filed a complaint with the Crown corporation about his treatment on the job.        Ken Linklater, a member of Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation — a partner with Manitoba Hydro in the Wu...

His complaint said that for the past three years his supervisor had made racists remarks, asking if he had been drinking Windex when he went the storage area to get cleaning supplies, which Linklater believed was based on a stereotype about Indigenous people abusing solvents. Linklater’s complaint also alleged that when people from NCN came to a campsite near Wuskwatim for cultural gatherings, the supervisor would loudly say, “Here come the village people. Lock up everything.” The complaint, which was first filed in 2019, was reviewed by the Crown corporation, according to a spokespe...

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