Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC), thanks to veterans on board the council, have put any move to join the controversial First Nations Fiscal Management Act or FNFMA on hold They didn’t say no. But, more importantly, they didn’t say yes. Veteran Councillor Helen Miller warned the newbies on SNEC to tread carefully when it came to any fiscal management issues with the feds or for that matter Ontario. And her reasoning was simple. It boils down to eventually taxing your people and trading one overseer for another. The acts at first glance appear to be a salvation around funding shortfalls and helping to build First Nation communities. Bands can send off resolutions and can added to the list of those seeking information and begin the move to operate property tax

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