The 19th-century Indian Act that governs most of Canada's 600 First Nations says little about fiscal transparency.And even the opposition isn't gonna argue that this isn't necessary...
"So that's going to change and that's going to be of great benefit to First Nations individuals who say, you know, 'I want to hold the chief and council's feet to the fire, just like I would at city hall or ... with the federal government,''' Strahl said.
The policy shift echoes the failed First Nations Governance Act, a broader legislative attempt by the former Liberal government to tighten financial controls.Well... at least we know Steffi doesn't get his intestinal fortitude from anywhere strange.
Former prime minister Paul Martin, as he took the Liberal helm, abandoned the bill after months of backlash from native chiefs who said they weren't fully consulted.
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