"When I was a kid a growing up in Ontario, Canada, Lake Erie was so polluted, I never thought it would ever, EVER be turned around where they could start cleaning it out in my lifetime!"

In this quote, Rick Danko assesses his youth in Ontario, Canada and the state of Lake Erie. He keeps in mind how contaminated the lake was during his youth and never envisioned that it would ever be tidied up in his life time. This declaration highlights the seriousness of the contamination in Lake Erie and the lack of expect its repair. However, Danko's use of repeating with the word "ever" highlights his disbelief and wonder at the reality that the lake has certainly been turned around and efforts to clean it up have started. It serves as a pointer of the development that has actually been made and the significance of maintaining our natural deposits for future generations.