First Nations Financial Transparency Act may fizzle out with court ruling, says expert – CBC

Oct 26, 2015

Federal court ruling plus change in government may spell end

A Saskatoon-based member of a national public policy think tank thinks a court ruling and the recent change in Ottawa may spell the end for the Financial Transparency Act.

Ken Coates is the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Senior Policy Fellow in Aboriginal and Northern Canadian Issues.

He said that even though many First Nations objected to the legislation, they complied.

“They are not afraid to let people see what their chiefs get paid and their councillors get paid,” Coates told CBC Radio’s Saskatoon Morning.

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