By Marcus Bankuti Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Sidelined at the Mohawk Council of Kanesatake (MCK), grand chief Victor Bonspille used a community meeting Tuesday to outline his grievances and reiterate his call for a general election. He was prevented from using community funds for mailouts for the meeting, he said, and is currently using his personal email address to communicate with outside governments and associations after being locked out of his account. “Right now, the Council made the decision to suspend him pending a public meeting,” said MCK chief Serge Otsi Simon, citing complaints such as Bonspille’s attempt to put the community into third-party management and his involvement in the shuttering of the band office last autumn. Another chief, Brant Etienne, said Bonspille has abdicated his position by refusing to…
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