First Nations Transparency
All Canadians deserve the right to expect accountability and transparency from their governments.
Until recently, First Nations governments were the only level of government not required to make basic financial information public - including items as simple as the amount and source of salaries for public officials.
That changed when our First Nations Financial Transparency Act became law in March 2013. First Nations must now publish audited consolidated financial statements and a Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses.
Our Act is getting results:
The 82-member Kwikwetlem First Nation in BC learned that their Chief, Ron Giesbrecht, earned $914,219 last fiscal year. This included an $800,000 bonus that his band knew nothing about. He has faced calls for his resignation as a result.
The Shuswap First Nation learned that Chief Paul Sam and three of his family members had received over $4 million in payments from the band over the past four years as a result of the Act.
Sadly, the Liberals would prefer that this vital information stay hidden from their communities. Justin Trudeau actually vowed to repeal this important legislation!
Our new law is helping deliver more effective, transparent and accountable governments. All chiefs and councils will now be responsible to their band members. First Nation communities will be stronger, more self-sufficient and more prosperous as a result.
source: First Nations Transparency
Yes, it would figure the Liberals support this kind of corruption..
The mayor of Ottawa, a city of nearly 1 million, makes under $175K. This "entitled" chief, who heads a band of fewer than 500 people, is taking almost twice that from the money that taxpayers are forced to turn over to him.
Sun News : Democracy at Standing Buffalo First Nations Reserve
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All Canadians deserve the right to expect accountability and transparency from their governments.
Until recently, First Nations governments were the only level of government not required to make basic financial information public - including items as simple as the amount and source of salaries for public officials.
That changed when our First Nations Financial Transparency Act became law in March 2013. First Nations must now publish audited consolidated financial statements and a Schedule of Remuneration and Expenses.
Our Act is getting results:
The 82-member Kwikwetlem First Nation in BC learned that their Chief, Ron Giesbrecht, earned $914,219 last fiscal year. This included an $800,000 bonus that his band knew nothing about. He has faced calls for his resignation as a result.
The Shuswap First Nation learned that Chief Paul Sam and three of his family members had received over $4 million in payments from the band over the past four years as a result of the Act.
Sadly, the Liberals would prefer that this vital information stay hidden from their communities. Justin Trudeau actually vowed to repeal this important legislation!
Our new law is helping deliver more effective, transparent and accountable governments. All chiefs and councils will now be responsible to their band members. First Nation communities will be stronger, more self-sufficient and more prosperous as a result.
source: First Nations Transparency
Yes, it would figure the Liberals support this kind of corruption..
The mayor of Ottawa, a city of nearly 1 million, makes under $175K. This "entitled" chief, who heads a band of fewer than 500 people, is taking almost twice that from the money that taxpayers are forced to turn over to him.
Sun News : Democracy at Standing Buffalo First Nations Reserve
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