First Nations and Transparency

https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2017/12/08/first-nations-assembly-demands-answers-in-fraud-against-communities.html - https://nationalpost.com/news/politics/first-nations-fiscal-accountability-dropped-after-liberals-cut-enforcement-measure-at-end-of-2015 “Moreover, the Post has learned that the drop in the compliance rate to 85 per cent this year from 92 per cent in Harper’s last year may be the fault of the federal government itself which, in some instances at least, may have failed to live up to its obligations under the First Nations Financial Transparency Act(FNFTA).

At the end of 2015, the Liberal government suspended a provision that allowed Ottawa to withhold federal funds for any band that failed to publish audited financial statements and a statement listing how much its chief and band councillors were paid.

AFN should also not forced band members to go to court to get financial information on their band’s spending - https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/saskatchewan-onion-lake-cree-nation-1.4165443  

AFN has a concerned with how money was being spent then maybe they should have demanded the Liberals enforced the Accountability Act!!

Source - https://www.slideshare.net/paulyoungcga/government-policies-indigenous-affairs-first-nations-canada-september-2017