Six Nations Elected Council reporting backlogs results in six month long late audit

By Lynda Powless Editor Six Nations own source revenues, to the tune of almost $10 million, are continuing to pick up funding shortages for Six Nations government programs overseen by Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC). SNEC Chief Sherri-Lyn Hill’s communications staff did not respond to requests for comment on the funding shortfalls. Instead SNEC approved the almost six months late 2023-2024 audit in a closed session and dropped it quietly on its website Monday Dec. 9th showing the community is picking up over $9 million in costs to run government programs. The audit shows last year (2023-2024) the band received a total of $120,103,972 in federal and provincial government transfers compared to the cost to run the band at $129,262,977. Without Six Nations own source revenues SNEC would have been facing…

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