Public safety and local businesses questioned at SNEC

Six Nations community members have concerns about public safety and the people running businesses on the reserve. Six Nations Elected Council (SNEC) plans to take the concerns seriously and discuss solutions and action plans at its committees. SNEC discussed long-standing community concerns about the amount of non-Indigenous people doing business on reserve, the growing drug problem and the fear for the community’s safety at its General Council meeting on July 23 and ultimately decided to break up the issues and send them to committees. “It’s always important I don’t want folks to become overwhelmed.” Nathan Wright, CEO said. “What we do is take the first steps and start looking at it from the standpoint of committees.” Councillor Alaina VanEvery said SNEC has had brief discussions about some of the issues,…

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