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Chiefs at AFN meeting told to rise up over federal government's transparency act

Darpan News Desk The Canadian Press, 09 Dec, 2014 11:45 AM

    WINNIPEG — Chiefs at the Assembly of First Nations meeting in Winnipeg are calling for the aboriginal community to rise up against the federal government's transparency law.

    The Conservative government is taking six First Nations to court to force them to comply with the law.

    It requires bands to post audited financial statements, as well as the salaries and expenses of chiefs and councillors, on a public website.

    Delbert Wapass, chief of the Thunderchild First Nation in Saskatchewan, is being taken to court and says his council already shares its financial information with its members.

    He says it's time for First Nations people to defend their independence.

    Grand Chief Derek Nepinak with the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs says everyone who marched during the Idle No More movement should take to the streets once again.

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