"Manitoba Hydro is currently embroiled in an emerging scandal involving the use of taxpayer funds to make payments to opponents of the MMTP," says the statement, which is dated March 26, 2018. This map shows the proposed route of the Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project. The coalition says it's unclear if the new board or the provincial government still want the transmission project to go ahead. A spokesperson for the Manitoba government said it wouldn't comment because the matter is before the energy board. Sagkeeng First Nation has intervenor status in the Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project public hearings.

Source: CBC News March 28, 2018 09:56 UTC