Item N-2001-016: CN-70B - Tape 1 Side 2 Stan Laroque [Larocque]

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1 audio cassette (32 min.)

This item is the second part of a four-part interview of Stan Larocque at Yellowknife, likely recorded in 1995, possibly by Gordon Lennie. The interview is in English. The original source item is side B of a 60 minute audio cassette. The interview also includes items CN-70A, CN-71A, and CN-71B. This part of the interview focuses on the predicted environmental and socio-economic impacts of the proposed BHP Diamonds Inc. operation in the Lac de Gras area. The interviewer finishes going through a series of questions on various topics including effects on the watershed, wildlife (especially caribou and fish), and local hunters and trappers, resulting from mine operations, including waste management, fuel and antifreeze leaks and spills, and mine operations. Mine reclamation, employing Indigenous people to do environmental monitoring, and use of traditional and scientific knowledge are also discussed. Stan's biggest concern is with pollution. The interviewer then goes through a set of questions discussing the socio-economic impacts of the mine including effects on people, families, their lifestyle, and traditional values caused by people leaving communities to work in the mines, shift work, and wage labour. Stan doesn't see shift work as an issue and feels it would be a good thing for young people to have work. The interviewer provides lots of additional commentary, which has the result of leading the interviewee.

This recording includes sides A and B of the tape.