COO: Economic development update

By Sam Laskaris Writer It was supposed to be an economic development update. But Grand Chief Joel Abram, who is from the Oneida Nation of the Thames in southwestern Ontario, also provided possible glimpses into the future this past Thursday. Abram provided the economic development report at the Chiefs of Ontario (COO) annual general assembly, a three-day event which concluded this past Thursday in Six Nations. Abram delivered his report on the concluding day of the event, which was held at the Six Nations Sports and Cultural Memorial Centre. One of the items addressed in Abram’s report was supply chain and procurement. “We really need a lot of help and encouragement,” Abram said to the audience, which included a majority of the chiefs from the 133 First Nations in the…

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