Onion Lake Cree Nation member delivers petition demanding Trudeau enforce First Nations transparency law
Onion Lake Cree Nation member Charmaine Stick is trying to give a Saskatchewan judge a…
Canadian Taxpayers Federation
An Onion Lake woman’s long fight to open her band’s books heads to court
FSIN and AFN didn’t help, so she turned to Canadian Taxpayers Federation.
Lawyers and consultants raking in cash meant to help Aboriginal communities: Canadian Taxpayers Federation
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation released some of their findings from a freedom of information request in Winnipeg Wednesday.
Peguis chief and council hit by allegations of misuse of flood money
APTN National News Questions are beginning to mount over an audit of Peguis First Nation…
Manitoba fishers upset over spending habits of Federal Corporation
APTN National News Manitoba fishers are angry after seeing reciepts for a select few within…
Conservative government introduces bill forcing public release of band politician pay
The Conservative government introduced a bill Wednesday afternoon that will force First Nations bands to publicly disclose on the Internet the salaries and expenses of chief and band councillors along with the bands’ audited financial statements.
‘Alarmist’ tax watchdog ‘intentionally’ distorted FNs politico salaries: AFN
The Canadian Taxpayers Federation “intentionally” manipulated chief and band councillor salaries to make First Nations leaders look bad, the Assembly of First Nations said in an analysis aimed at discrediting information recently released by the tax watchdog group.
Tax watchdog director regrets heated email spat with Winnipeg FNs man
The federal director of a taxpayer watchdog group says he regrets sending a heated email calling a First Nations man in Manitoba “racist” during a flurry of exchanges over the organization’s release of chief and councillor salaries.
Manitoba Grand Chief faces off with Canadian Taxpayers Federation
Colin Craig, prairie region director for the Canadian Taxpayers Federation debates Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Grand Chief Ron Evans over disclosure of band chief and councillor salaries.