Decieved by their own chief

[brandeentertainment]

Kwikwetlem Chief Ron Giesbrecht should resign, band councillor says

http://news.ca.msn.com/top-stories/kwikwetlem-chief-ron-giesbrecht-should-resign-band-councillor-say...

Not bad a chief of 81 First nations makes 1 Million in a year ... Sounds like the Band Members were playing there fiddles well The Chief was cashing in ...

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MAybe they should give the chief the boot or they can be like most Onatario people and reelect them to steal some more..

[toby_le_pue]

He learned this from the white man

[valve37]

It's infintesimal in the overall scheme of the 14 billion a year doled out to reserves from the Feds and the provinces. Yikes, that's all taxpayer money!

[fixmusic2013]

anybody can be bribed.

[ilurkthereforiam]

Why should we care?

It's up to the first nation's people to do something about it.

If they want self rule, then let them self rule.

As long as we give them the agreed to transfer payments it's really up to them to provide safe drinking water, sewage, roads and electricity for themselves.

[valve37]

Dear CTF Supporter, By now you’ve probably heard about the “million dollar chief” from a small aboriginal reserve in British Columbia. The Chief of the Kwikwetlem First Nation pulled in $914,219 tax free last year –that’s about $1.6 million for those of us living off reserve and paying income taxes. Just like so many other stories of high chief salaries that we’ve exposed, band members had no idea what was going on. In fact, a councilor on the band’s three-person council didn’t even know about the high pay. He told the National Post: “I want the public to know that the membership knew nothing about this… and if it wasn’t for this new transparency act, I don’t think we ever would have known.” The legislation he’s referring to is the First Nations Financial Transparency Act – a law the Canadian Taxpayers Federation started calling for back in 2009. It requires aboriginal reserves to disclose politician pay to the public. While this legislation clearly helps hold aboriginal politicians accountable, you can imagine not everyone likes the new law. Several chiefs have grumbled publicly about the new disclosure requirements. The federal government is still uploading late arriving filings from various bands, but as of last Friday, approximately 125 of just over 600 aboriginal bands had their information posted. Please tell federal Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt to stand his ground and hold delinquent aboriginal chiefs accountable if they refuse to hand in their information. But don’t forget to commend his government once again for passing the law in the first place. Minister Bernard Valcourt minister@aadnc-aandc.gc.ca You may also wish to cc the NDP and Liberal Aboriginal Affairs critics: Jean Crowder (NDP) jean.crowder@parl.gc.ca Carolyn Bennett (Liberal) carolyn.bennett@parl.gc.ca Thank you for your support. - - Colin, Troy, Shannon and the rest of the CTF team.

[valve37]

Five Saskatchewan First Nations reject funding agreements Five First Nations across Saskatchewan say they won't be signing on to federal funding agreements. The Thunderchild, Onion Lake, Peepeekisis, English River and Sakimay First Nations all said new federal rules that are attached to basic band funding are unacceptable. Thunderchild First Nation Chief Delbert Wapass said he has issues with a number of conditions that come with the money. He said new rules grant the federal government immunity from any future problems. "What if they appoint a third-party manager or an expert resource and they come and mess up our community?" he said. "Who do we go after then? Who do our people hold accountable? Nobody. Because that's what the agreement says, you've signed on to that." The chiefs said there is a culture of mistrust between bureaucrats at Aboriginal Affairs and First Nations. They are asking for direct talks with Aboriginal Affairs Minister Bernard Valcourt. "They are still telling us what to do," Onion Lake Cree Nation Chief Wallace Fox said. "They are still defining our budgets without consultation, without understanding the needs of our people." According to the group, 20 other Saskatchewan First Nations have signed agreements under duress. Future consequences It's still not clear what action Aboriginal Affairs will take if the First Nations don't sign the agreements. The money is used for everything from teacher's salaries to housing. "We have a plan B," Chief Fox said. "We'll take care of our own people. That's all government needs to know. Our people have asked us that same question, so we're not going to disrupt the livelihood of our people, when this time comes." It's possible the federal government could put the First Nations into third-party management, where an independent manager is brought in to run band operations. Third-party status is normally used when bands enter bankruptcy. "We have unqualified audits galore for many, many years in our community," Chief Fox said. "How could they justify that? They have no legal basis and mandate." Fox said he welcomes challenging the federal government. "What if Onion Lake doesn't take a dime and not sign the agreement?" he said. "What happens then? What kind of control do you have over Onion Lake then? Because that's how they've controlled First Nations for many, many years." The deadline to sign the agreements is April 1st. No one from the federal government was available to comment. http://news.ca.msn.com/local/saskatchewan/five-saskatchewan-first-nations-reject-funding-agreements?...

[brandeentertainment]

I was sooooooo right . In the end only 2 or 4 band members were against it after he explained and the rest of the band were ok after he explained...

they really did get put in to schools to learn white peoples politics ... Vote in the party that has burned you for the most ...

I thought because it was such a small band that they would have pulled the plug easily but it seems like the 2 or 4 people were like most of northern ontario and ready for change well GTA are aka the rest of the band said no were cool with it just keep going ..

So yes they **bleep** away tax dollars but don't get so upset we let our goverment do that all the time  and on a wayyyyyyyyyyy bigger scale...LOL

[valve37]

Yesterday, Liberal leader Justin Trudeau announced that as prime minister, he would scrap the new transparency law that requires reserve politicians to disclose their pay and band council finances. The law brought aboriginal politicians in-line with municipal, provincial and federal politicians who have had to annually disclose their pay, and their administration’s budget information, to the public. For grassroots band members that have been bullied, harassed and assaulted for asking questions on reserves about how public funds are spent, Trudeau’s position is a damning one. Some of the stories we have heard over the years from those on reserves with crooked leaders are absolutely heartbreaking. One man told us how he went out to pick up some milk one day and came home to find a death threat scrawled on his driveway. Why? Because he had been asking questions in his community about how public funds were spent. Moreover, people on reserves are already benefitting from the law. Marvin Joe, an elected band councillor on the B.C. reserve with the ‘million dollar chief,’ told the National Post that nobody, not even the Kwikwetlem band council, would have known about the chief’s $800,000 bonus “…if it wasn’t for the new transparency act.” CTF