A separate investigation, also by CBC News, led to Carrie Bourassa, a prominent health researcher, being placed on leave by the University of Saskatchewan after her claim of Metis heritage appeared dubious.

Source: https://thestarphoenix.com/news/local-news/senator-says-more-awareness-needed-of-invisible-crime-of-indigenous-identity-theft

The James Bay Project, as it was called, was announced by Quebec premier Robert Bourassa in 1971.

Source: https://thewalrus.ca/mary-simon/

There is an argument to be made that those halcyon Bourassa power dam days are over.

Source: https://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/analysis-hydro-development-in-quebec-has-always-been-a-political-football