Attawapiskat audit leak more "game-playing" by Conservatives: MP Paul Dewar
APTN National News Some are calling the leak of Attawapiskat’s audit a smear job to…
APTN National News Some are calling the leak of Attawapiskat’s audit a smear job to…
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s “life partner” says the federal Aboriginal Affairs department should finally launch the forensic audit requested by the community in 2004 if it’s serious about tracking the millions of dollars that have flowed through the band’s coffers.
There was an air of victory on Victoria Island Friday afternoon on day 25 of Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence’s hunger strike after it was announced Prime Minister Stephen Harper would meet with First Nations leaders next Friday.
Holding a hunger strike in sight of Parliament Hill would set Chief Theresa Spence up for criticism. Indeed, in the last few days, criticism against the Attawapiskat Chief has multiplied. Also multiplied, the degree of inaccuracy of the allegations leveled at her.
Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence won’t end the hunger strike until her requested treaty meeting begins and expects a response from Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. David Johnston in 72 hours, aides say.
Two blockades are underway in the Gaspe region of eastern Quebec.
Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Gov. Gen. David Johnston have been invited to attend a treaty meeting on Jan. 24, the one year-anniversary of the Crown-First Nations gathering.
Blockades are underway on two Mi’kmaq communities in the Gaspe region of Quebec.
A group of First Nations chiefs have issued an open letter urging Prime Minister Stephen Harper to agree to the treaty meeting demanded by Attawapiskat Chief Theresa Spence who is on day 23 of a hunger strike.