(Grand Chief Doug Kelly proposed motion to publish chief salaries. APTN/Photo)
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OTTAWA–Chiefs from across the country have committed to publishing their salaries.
Chiefs who were gathered for an Assembly of First Nations meeting in Gatineau, Que., passed a resolution that would require them to make the salaries of reserve politicians public.
The resolution, adopted by consensus, comes on the heels of a campaign launched by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (CTF) over the levels of reserve politician salaries.
“This is not about responding to the CTF, but changing the nature of public debate,” said Grand Chief Doug Kelly, attending as a proxy for Soowahli First Nation in British Columbia, who proposed the resolution. “What is at issue is the inadequacy of government investment.”
The resolution, however, also blasted a Conservative MP’s bill to force reserve politicians to publish their salaries.
The resolution said the bill was “unnecessary” and “heavy-handed.”
The AFN also released an analysis that the organization said blew holes into the CTF’s campaign against reserve politicians.
The AFN said the organization had manipulated the numbers to make First Nations leaders look bad.
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