"Ottawa rarely intervenes in custom code leadership disputes...The last time Ottawa did so was back in August 2010, when CPC Aboriginal Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl invoked Section 74 of Indian Act 2 terminate leadership of Algonquins of Barriere Lake" https://t.co/p1Iw9JUFeF
4. Improving the checks and balances in the governance of First Nations is a necessary step for empowering community members & giving hope to youth that change is possible.
In 2014 the Provincial Advocate for Children and Youth @OntarioAdvocate, published
"Together We Are...Feathers of Hope - A First Nations Youth Action Plan" based on a gathering of over 100 FNs youth from 62 FNs.
https://t.co/aYJSy5T1rN
and provides various politically-connected agents with opportunities to make sweetheart deals in the provision of basic services. That it also serves to delegitimize Indigenous leadership is not lost on politicos - who use instances of corruption to distract from the larger swamp
1. In 1990, Minnie Peters of Peters First Nation wrote a letter to then INAC Minister Pierre Cadieux.
The letter contained details of the unlawful preclusion of Bill C31 returnees from Peters band membership.
#FuddleDuddleFraud
This is outrageous. Think abt the implications here: When Indian Act-installed governance bodies (aka Chiefs and Councils) try to silence those who speak up, it is a Western gov system undermining inherent Indigenous gov systems. This is how colonialism works! @RachelAnnSnow
@andygenaille True. Canadian Human Rights Code offers some protection on some issues. Matters outside their mandate can mean Band members have little or no recourse for justice.
Band members have no remedy when a Band Council chooses to target individuals. Band Councils have money and relationships to institutionalized power. Not evenly matched in mainstream court system.