Flooding Jobs Garden

The James Bay and Northern Quebec Agreement of 1975 hailed by governments as a model for future land claims and selfgovernment settlements is considered Canadas first modern Treaty 15 years later Robert Bourassas dream of northern hydroelectric power has become a nightmare for the James Bay Cree In FLOODING JOBS GARDEN Boyce Richardson revisits communities he first filmed in the 1970s before Hydro Quebec began its work documenting 20 years of massive change in Cree country As Bourassa and Hydro Quebec prepare for Phase 2 the Crees are mounting an international campaign to protect the environment and ensure responsible development