432-01215 Indigenous affairs
Petition to the Government of Canada
WHEREAS
Under the Charter of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination;
The purpose of the First Nations Transparency and Accountability Act is to enhance the financial accountability and transparency of First Nations;
For the purposes of receiving federal funding, every head is counted in the official First Nations band membership numbers, but off-reserve members of bands have been treated as aliens and excluded from disbursement of the funds and services.
We, the undersigned, indigenous peoples and other Canadians, call upon the Government of Canada to enforce the First Nations Financial Transparency Act and to ensure that off reserve band members are provided with equal levels of funding as on reserve members.
WHEREAS
Under the Charter of Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms every individual is equal before and under the law and has the right to the equal protection and equal benefit of the law without discrimination;
The purpose of the First Nations Transparency and Accountability Act is to enhance the financial accountability and transparency of First Nations;
For the purposes of receiving federal funding, every head is counted in the official First Nations band membership numbers, but off-reserve members of bands have been treated as aliens and excluded from disbursement of the funds and services.
We, the undersigned, indigenous peoples and other Canadians, call upon the Government of Canada to enforce the First Nations Financial Transparency Act and to ensure that off reserve band members are provided with equal levels of funding as on reserve members.