This sudden interest in First Nations governance prompts the question: What is the real reason why the Canadian Government is forcing the issue of financial transparency amongst First Nations people? My guess is access to band business ventures to dismantle our economic sovereignty. Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC), under the federal government of Canada, chronically underfunds First Nations. This same system that is set up to fail First Nations people is the same system that is demanding financial transparency relating to all funds -- even from revenue sharing investments that have absolutely nothing to do with the monies generated by the federal government; monies that in part, come from the resource revenue created on Treaty land. Hold the rations: The Canadian government vs. First Nations BY CRYSTAL LAMEMAN
Posted on: Wed, 24 Dec 2014 21:26:33 +0000
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